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Harkers Island is a small town of 1,060 people in Carteret County, North Carolina. It's about 48 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 141 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $313k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,060people
$313kTypical home
$1,125/moRent
86° / 55°Summer / winter
1"Snow
232Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,060
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 473 people per sq mi
- 141 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 48 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $313k (≈$1,974/mo)
- Median rent $1,125/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (172 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,022 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 62
- 18% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 38 mi to EWN airport
- 150 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 104 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation -10 ft
- Right on the coast
- 138 mi to a big lake
- 40 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 197 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 120 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 30 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 38 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carteret County: R+43 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk