EdneyvilleNC
Is Edneyville a good place to live?
Edneyville ranks 120th of 286 in North Carolina, with a C+ overall. On that grade it does better than 44% of U.S. towns. The weak point is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $286K, 4 years of the Asheville metro’s $72K median household income. Its strongest is schools: its schools rank ahead of 66% of North Carolina towns. Hyde County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Edneyville stand out
Where Edneyville beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Edneyville for work
Where Edneyville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Edneyville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Edneyville is from typical.
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Moving to Edneyville: who provides what
Edneyville is unincorporated, so Henderson 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Edneyville.
Edneyville is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina; it also has little public open land.
Most working residents commute out of Edneyville
Edneyville has 235 jobs for its 873 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 366 in 2013 to 235.
22% of residents live below the poverty line in Edneyville. Only 4% of working residents stay in Edneyville for work; the rest commute out. Jobs based here fell to 235 in 2023, 131 fewer than in 2013. The town’s median household income is $54,000, against $69,000 in North Carolina’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns.
| Edneyville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Edneyville is cooler than in most of North Carolina or the rest of the country
January nights average 27.7°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 88% of North Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 81.9°.
Edneyville’s January low is 28°F, below the North Carolina town median (31°F) but above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). About 7 inches of snow falls in a winter. Summers here are pleasant, and winters chilly, with plenty of rain.
| Edneyville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 82°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 28°F | 31°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Edneyville, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 57% of Edneyville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to cold waves. In Edneyville, the FEMA hazard score is 60 of 100. Federal aid has come to Edneyville households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Edneyville are healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,062 U.S. towns with household incomes like Edneyville’s, it is healthier than 89%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
A third of Edneyville adults have obesity. Edneyville: 30% of adults feel lonely.
| Edneyville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 10% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | Edneyville | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.5% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Edneyville has set aside 2.2% of its land for conservation
Just 151 of its 6,845 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Edneyville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
For Edneyville, the trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile. Trails total 0.7 miles in 1 park or preserve. The town has one park or preserve, 4 acres in all.
| Edneyville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edneyville Community Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Edneyville sell for about $440K
The share of households in Edneyville who are owner-occupiers: 54%. The rent at the middle of the market in the town is $836 a month.
| Edneyville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $836 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mount Mitchell and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edneyville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi MountainMount Mitchell
13 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
27 mi National forestPisgah National Forest
4 mi State parkChimney Rock State Park
12 mi National Historic SiteCarl Sandburg Home National Historic Site95K visitors a year
21 mi Park & preserveDuPont State ForestPhoto credits
Mount Mitchell: Unknown, Public domain · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site: Victoria Stauffenberg, Public domain · DuPont State Forest: Ccalvin, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Edneyville
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Edneyville
About 4 of every 100 Edneyville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Edneyville
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Edneyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Edneyville had a population of 2,395. A post office called Edneyville has been in operation since 1828. Rev. Samuel Edney served as postmaster. He and his brother Asa were the two earliest settlers in the area. Samuel had 12 children and Asa had eight. Their descendants settled in the neighboring area, which led to the name Edneyville. Since 1998 Edneyville is home of the North Carolina Justice Academy, a division of the North Carolina Department of Justice. The institution is currently located on the grounds and facilities of the former Edne…
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,244 ft
- ZIP code
- 28727
Questions about Edneyville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Edneyville, NC a good place to live?
Edneyville grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #120 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Edneyville, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $286,000, 14% 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 B.