Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,743, settled in 2007.
Eastover is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 198th of 286 in North Carolina, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: homes are within reach, about $242K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Fayetteville metro’s $62K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $85K, and 13% of residents live below the poverty line. On walkability, just 38 of North Carolina’s 450 towns do worse. Eastover's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Robert Williams House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Eastover’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Eastover is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,075 in 1980, 3,656 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1949 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eastover, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Eastover.
Eastover has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it has little public open land.
Jobs based here grew from 418 in 2013 to 779.
Most working residents leave Eastover for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Eastover grew to 779 in 2023, 361 more than in 2013. At $85,000, Eastover’s median household income is above the North Carolina town median ($69,000) and near the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Eastover | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Cumberland County Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 456 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Eastover has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. At 91°F, Eastover’s July high is where North Carolina’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide). Eastover’s median age is 49.3 years. Eastover has grown 2.4% since 2020, to 3,743 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Eastover | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.3 years | 40.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Eastover | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.6% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.6% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.3% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.3% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.3% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.6% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
Eastover beats the North Carolina average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 44% of Eastover adults have high blood pressure.
| Eastover | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Eastover | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.2% | 76.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 2016, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eastover.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 48 of its 7,253 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Eastover itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Eastover Commnunity Baseball Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
87% of households own their home in Eastover.
| Eastover | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $888 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eastover. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumAirborne & Special Operations Museum
38 mi MuseumAva Gardner Museum
12 mi Museum82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
5 mi GardenCape Fear Botanical Garden
33 mi MuseumWeymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve
29 mi MuseumHarper HouseAirborne & Special Operations Museum: US Army, Public domain · Ava Gardner Museum: LikeGrantTookRichmond, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum: Dragases (talk), Public domain · Cape Fear Botanical Garden: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Wyatt Greene, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harper House: Bentonvilleshs, CC BY-SA 4.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Eastover
About 6 of every 100 Eastover residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Eastover is a town in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,656 at the 2020 census. It was incorporated on July 25, 2007.
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One town shares a border with Eastover.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastover | #198 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Fayetteville | #245 | D | C | D | C+ | C+ |
Eastover reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Eastover with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Eastover grades C− overall, better than 19% of U.S. towns and #198 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $242,000, 27% below 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+.
