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Pumpkin Center is a small town of 1,636 people in Onslow County, North Carolina. It's about 4 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 102 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 56°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $190k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,636people
$190kTypical home
$1,265/moRent
89° / 56°Summer / winter
1"Snow
235Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,636
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,291 people per sq mi
- 102 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 4 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $190k (≈$1,196/mo)
- Median rent $1,265/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 70°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (61 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (236 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,199 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 34% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to OAJ airport
- 110 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 72 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 23 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 118 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 181 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 210 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 32 bars within 25 mi
- 61 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 27 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.