Is Brices Creek a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. Where it falls short is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Its best grade is for incomes: the median household earns $86K. Add health to its strengths (B+) — CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of nearly three quarters of the country. Homes run about $339K for a typical one, 5.3 times the New Bern area’s $64K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 136th of 286 in North Carolina. Walkability is weaker too (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
How Brices Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Brices Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Brices Creek stand out
Where Brices Creek beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Brices Creek has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
3,073 counted in 2010 and 3,542 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Brices Creek.
Brices Creek has less food insecurity than most of North Carolina and sends most of its workers to New Bern and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of North Carolina (mostly hurricanes).
Brices Creek keeps 14.9% of its land conserved
The trail network density for Brices Creek comes to 1.0 miles per square mile, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 8.4 miles of trail. Also worth knowing: the biggest park or preserve is Croatan National Forest, at 487 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Croatan National Forest | 0.7 mi | 487 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very high risk in Brices Creek, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of North Carolina towns; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
72% of Brices Creek’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 16%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About two in five of Brices Creek’s working residents commute to New Bern
Brices Creek has 133 jobs for its 1,377 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Brices Creek: 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line, below both North Carolina’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 1% of working residents stay in Brices Creek for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are New Bern (40%), James City (6%) and Raleigh (4%). For Brices Creek, the typical journey to work is 21 minutes.
| Brices Creek | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brices Creek is healthier than 74% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with North Carolina is food insecurity: 9.8% of its 2,750 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.2% statewide.
Among adults 18 to 64 in Brices Creek, 6.9% have no health insurance. The town beats the North Carolina average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 82% of adults locally had a checkup this year; 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Brices Creek | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brices Creek | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 15.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 10.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A older population than North Carolina as a whole
The share of adults 25 and older in Brices Creek who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 33%. People 65 and older are 29% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (23% statewide). The midpoint age locally is 55 years.
| Brices Creek | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 years | 40.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 29% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.7 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Brices Creek | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.1% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.1% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.4% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 8.8% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 40% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.7% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.9% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
In Brices Creek, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 34° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Brices Creek sells for about $460K
For households in Brices Creek, the share who own their home is 95%. Homes sold in Brices Creek spent a median 66 days on the market. Sellers in Brices Creek got 98.1% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Brices Creek
Moving to Brices Creek: who provides what
Brices Creek is unincorporated, so Craven County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
99% of working residents leave Brices Creek for work
Where Brices Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Brices Creek
About 4 of every 100 Brices Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Brices Creek
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Brices Creek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brices Creek had a population of 3,542. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 8.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 26 ft
Brices Creek’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Brices Creek.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brices Creek | #136 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| New Bern | #230 | D | C | C | C+ | B− |
| Trent Woods | #87 | B− | C+ | — | C+ | A+ |
| James City | #139 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | B |
Brices Creek, Trent Woods and James City report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brices Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Brices Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brices Creek, NC a good place to live?
Brices Creek grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #136 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Brices Creek, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $339,000, 2% above the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
Say something about Brices Creek.
Ask a question, answer one, post a photo or an event. Free, and the parts only a neighbor would know are the parts worth reading.