Hemby BridgeNC
A town of 1,764.
Is Hemby Bridge a good place to live?
Hemby Bridge’s best subject grades are an A for health and an A− for schools; its weakest is a C for hazard risk. 29% of residents are under 18 in Hemby Bridge, above both North Carolina’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%). Among 291 North Carolina towns, just 6 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Hemby Bridge. Hemby Bridge's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. Hemby Bridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Hemby Bridge for work
Where Hemby Bridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hemby Bridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Hemby Bridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Bank of America Stadium and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hemby Bridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaBank of America Stadium
18 mi Theme parkCarowinds
31 mi LakeLake Norman19 mi MuseumSullenberger Aviation Museum70K visitors a year
12 mi Stadium & arenaBojangles Coliseum12 mi TheatreOvens AuditoriumPhoto credits
Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Hemby Bridge: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hemby Bridge, 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 Hemby Bridge.
Hemby Bridge is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns
Hemby Bridge beats the North Carolina average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Hemby Bridge adults sleep under 7 hours, against 34% in North Carolina’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Hemby Bridge.
| Hemby Bridge | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hemby Bridge | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.9% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Hemby Bridge’s working residents commute to Charlotte
Most working residents leave Hemby Bridge for work: only 1% work in town. 20% of Hemby Bridge residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Hemby Bridge grew to 380 in 2023, 235 more than in 2013.
| Hemby Bridge | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Hemby Bridge, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Hemby Bridge since 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hemby Bridge has mild winters and hot summers
Hemby Bridge has mild winters and warm summers. The July high in Hemby Bridge is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Hemby Bridge home is worth about $328K
Hemby Bridge’s median rent is $1,544 a month.
| Hemby Bridge | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,544 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hemby Bridge has set aside 0.8% of its land for conservation
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Hemby Bridge | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blair Mill Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Hemby Bridge
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Hemby Bridge
About 3 of every 100 Hemby Bridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Hemby Bridge
Town in North Carolina, United States
Hemby Bridge is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,615 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 663 ft
- Area code
- 704
Hemby Bridge’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Hemby Bridge.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemby Bridge | — | — | B− | — | A− | A |
| Indian Trail | #31 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
| Stallings | #14 | A− | C | A− | A− | A |
| Lake Park | #50 | B | C− | — | A− | A− |
Hemby Bridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hemby Bridge, Indian Trail and Lake Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hemby Bridge with a neighbor →
Questions about Hemby Bridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hemby Bridge, NC expensive?
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($83,304 across the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.