MauryNC
Settled in 1909, this town now has 1,339 residents.
Is Maury a good place to live?
Maury’s weakest subject grade is a D for health. 55% of residents live below the poverty line in Maury, against 13% in North Carolina’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. On health, just 42 of North Carolina’s 450 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Maury’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both North Carolina’s towns (0.2) and U.S. towns (0.4). On history, just 13 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do worse. Maury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Maury has shrunk 17% from 2010 to 2020
1,685 counted in 2010 and 1,404 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Maury grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Maury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Maury: who provides what
Maury is unincorporated, so Greene 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 Maury.
More of Maury’s adults smoke cigarettes than in the typical North Carolina or U.S. town
The share of adults in Maury who report frequent physical distress: 16%. No town among the 290 in North Carolina we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Maury. Against the North Carolina average, Maury comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 22. Among 290 North Carolina towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Maury.
| Maury | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 34% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Maury | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.6% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a very high hazard risk in Maury: hurricanes
Households in Maury have drawn federal disaster aid in 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2018. Expected losses in Maury break down as 55% from hurricanes and 21% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Maury than in most of North Carolina or the rest of the country
Half the trips to work are shorter than 28 miles. The top destinations are Greenville (13%), Raleigh (8%) and Kinston (7%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Maury
The range runs from 33° on a January night to 90° on a July afternoon, with about 3 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Maury sells for about $192K at the median
For households in Maury, the share who own their home is 51%. Its midpoint rent is $934 a month.
| Maury | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 51% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $934 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Maury
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Maury
About 3 of every 100 Maury residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
1,339 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Maury
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Maury is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maury had a population of 1,404. Maury has a post office with ZIP code 28554. North Carolina Highway 123 and North Carolina Highway 903 intersect in the community. Maury is home to two prisons, Greene Correctional Institution and Eastern Correctional Institution, as well as a site belonging to North Carolina Department of Transportation.
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 79 ft
- ZIP code
- 28554