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North Topsail Beach is a tiny town of 784 people in Onslow County, North Carolina. It's about 17 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 115 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $474k and rent runs about $1k a month.
784people
$474kTypical home
$1,268/moRent
88° / 55°Summer / winter
1"Snow
235Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 784
- Part of a metro area
- About 126 people per sq mi
- 115 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 17 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $474k (≈$2,987/mo)
- Median rent $1,268/mo
- Median household income $121k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 72°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (61 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 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 (152 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,612 per 100k)
People
- Median age 61
- 18% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 43% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to OAJ airport
- 102 mi to MYR (major hub)
- 87 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation -3 ft
- Right on the coast
- 138 mi to a big lake
- 41 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 201 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 159 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 35 bars within 25 mi
- 56 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 45% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Onslow County: R+36 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk