AllianceNC
A town of 764, settled in 1890.
Is Alliance a good place to live?
Alliance’s midpoint age is 65.6 years, against 40.1 years in North Carolina’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Alliance’s trail network density is 1.6 miles per square mile, above both North Carolina’s towns (0.2) and U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Alliance Recreation Park, at 68 acres. Alliance has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
764 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Alliance: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alliance, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Alliance.
With 1.7 jobs for every working resident, Alliance draws in 418 commuters
Alliance: 18% of residents live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Alliance to do it: just 3% work in town. Jobs based in Alliance grew to 426 in 2023, 197 more than in 2013. The mean commuting time here is 23 minutes.
| Alliance | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Alliance has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Alliance after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2018. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 99% of U.S. communities. The town has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 2011. 83% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 7%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Alliance’s typical home value is about $204K
The share of households in Alliance who live in a home they own: 61%. Home values are up 23% over the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Alliance, expect mild winters and hot summers
Winters in Alliance are mild and summers warm, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 89° in July, and January nights bottom out around 35°; snowfall runs to about 1 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 9.7% of Alliance
Trails total 3.4 miles in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alliance Recreation Park | 0.5 mi | 68 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Alliance is
48% of adults have high blood pressure in Alliance. Of 32 CDC measures, Alliance beats the North Carolina average on 2 and trails it on 15. In Alliance, 18% of adults have diabetes, and 12% binge drink.
| Alliance | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Alliance | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.7% | 14.7% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.9% | 76.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 25.6% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Queen Anne's Revenge and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alliance. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Ancient siteQueen Anne's Revenge
14 mi MuseumTryon Palace
32 mi State parkFort Macon State Park
39 mi LighthouseCape Lookout Lighthouse
32 mi National SeashoreCape Lookout National Seashore513K visitors a year
31 mi MuseumNorth Carolina Maritime MuseumPhoto credits
Queen Anne's Revenge: Joseph Nicholls, Public domain · Tryon Palace: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Fort Macon State Park: Kevinbercaw, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Lookout Lighthouse: United States Coast Guard, Public domain · Cape Lookout National Seashore: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Maritime Museum: Kd5463, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Alliance
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Alliance
About 2 of every 100 Alliance residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
Every workday, about 418 people come to Alliance for work
Where Alliance’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Alliance
Town in North Carolina, United States
Alliance is a town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. Its name is derived from the Farmers Alliance Movement from around 1874, two years after Pamlico was founded. Alliance was incorporated in 1965. The majority of land in Alliance is farmland. The population was 733 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- ZIP code
- 28509
- Area code
- 252
Questions about Alliance
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Alliance, NC a good place to live?
Alliance has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.