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Pine Knoll Shores is a small town of 1,351 people in Carteret County, North Carolina. It's about 32 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 129 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 54°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $592k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,351people
$592kTypical home
$1,750/moRent
86° / 54°Summer / winter
1"Snow
232Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,351
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 612 people per sq mi
- 129 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 32 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $592k (≈$3,735/mo)
- Median rent $1,750/mo
- Median household income $109k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 54°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
- 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 (129 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (854 per 100k)
People
- Median age 64
- 14% of households have kids
- 42% are 65 or older
- 57% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to EWN airport
- 137 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 93 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 56% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 13 ft
- Right on the coast
- 132 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 193 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 146 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 9 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