Kings GrantNC
A town of 9,003.
Is Kings Grant a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C+, 133rd among North Carolina's 286 graded towns. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 63% of North Carolina towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $301K for a typical one and 3.9 times the Wilmington metro’s $76K median household income. Only 22 of North Carolina’s 451 towns score lower on history. 17% of residents are under 18 in Kings Grant, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%.
How Kings Grant grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Kings Grant is from typical.
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Moving to Kings Grant: who provides what
Kings Grant is unincorporated, so New Hanover County and regional agencies provide most services.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kings Grant.
Kings Grant is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Wilmington and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of North Carolina (mostly hurricanes).
Top of a very high hazard risk in Kings Grant: hurricanes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of North Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $1,097 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
34 flood insurance claims have been paid in Kings Grant since 1987. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 69% come from hurricanes and 21% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 1,107 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kings Grant ranks healthier than 62% of the country’s towns
Against the 9,468 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kings Grant’s, it is healthier than 86%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
18% of Kings Grant adults binge drink. This North Carolina town tracks North Carolina closely on all 32 CDC measures. Among adults locally, 33% have obesity and 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Kings Grant | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 10% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 25% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Kings Grant’s working residents commute to Wilmington
Kings Grant has about as many jobs (4,100) as working residents, but only 148 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 2,979 in 2013 to 4,100.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Kings Grant rose by 1,121, to 4,100. For most workers, Kings Grant is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. The income of the median household locally is $62,000. The top destinations are Wilmington (47%), Murraysville (3%) and Charlotte (2%).
| Kings Grant | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kings Grant Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Kings Grant sell for about $369K
66.3% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.9% across North Carolina.
Homes sold in Kings Grant spent a median 64 days on the market. The town’s midpoint rent is $1,292 a month.
| Kings Grant | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,292 a month | $1,084 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fort Fisher and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kings Grant. Close and well known come first.
21 mi LandmarkFort Fisher
15 mi GardenOrton Plantation
16 mi MuseumBrunswick Town4 mi GardenAirlie Gardens
19 mi National BattlefieldMoores Creek National Battlefield56K visitors a year
5 mi TheatreThalian HallPhoto credits
Fort Fisher: Eric T. Gunther, CC BY 3.0 · Orton Plantation: AgnosticPreachersKid., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brunswick Town: Brunswick1726, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moores Creek National Battlefield: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Thalian Hall: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Kings Grant
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Kings Grant
About 7 of every 100 Kings Grant residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
About Kings Grant
CDP in North Carolina, United States
Kings Grant is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,466 at the 2020 census, up from 8,113 in 2010. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Kings Grant is located in the statistical townships of Cape Fear and Harnett. Kings Grant was listed under the name Smith Creek in the 1990 census, but the CDP was relisted as Kings Grant by the 2000 census. Kings Grant was first listed as a CDP at the 1980 United States census.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 33 ft
Kings Grant’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Kings Grant.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Grant | #133 | C+ | C+ | — | B | B |
| Wilmington | #192 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
| Wrightsboro | #68 | B | B+ | — | B | B− |
| Murraysville | #77 | B− | C+ | — | B | A |
Kings Grant, Wrightsboro and Murraysville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kings Grant with a neighbor →
Questions about Kings Grant
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kings Grant, NC a good place to live?
Kings Grant grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #133 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Kings Grant, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $301,000, 9% 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+.