Piney GreenNC
A town of 14,078.
Is Piney Green a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C−, 181st of 286 graded towns in North Carolina. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $72K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $228K, 3.3 years of the Jacksonville metro’s $68K median household income. Piney Green has 1 place on the National Register. Piney Green’s median age is 30.1 years, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 40.1 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns.
97% of working residents leave Piney Green for work
Where Piney Green’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Piney Green grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Piney Green is from typical.
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Moving to Piney Green: who provides what
Piney Green is unincorporated, so Onslow 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 Piney Green.
Piney Green sends most of its workers to Jacksonville and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of North Carolina (mostly hurricanes).
Top of a very high hazard risk in Piney Green: hurricanes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of North Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $713 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Households in Piney Green have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2018. FEMA puts just over three quarters of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 14% to inland flooding. Since 1996, Piney Green has seen 34 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Piney Green’s schools beat 54% of North Carolina districts
Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Its public schools are run by the Onslow County Schools. The largest public high school is White Oak High, with 1,252 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Creek MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 856 | C+ |
| White Oak HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,252 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Piney Green’s working residents commute to Jacksonville
Piney Green has 1,300 jobs for its 4,356 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 385 in 2013 to 1,300.
Since 2013, Piney Green has added 915 jobs, to 1,300 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm locally: 3% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Jacksonville (34%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (3%). The median commute is under 16 miles.
| Piney Green | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Piney Green, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 34° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For health, Piney Green earns a B
For adults in Piney Green, the share who report frequent physical distress is 12%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Piney Green beats North Carolina on 8 and trails on 6. Two figures for adults locally: 36% feel lonely, 31% have high blood pressure.
| Piney Green | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Piney Green | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.4% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 14.7% | 12.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
7.5% of the land in Piney Green is protected from building
2.1 miles of trail. Piney Green’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Piney Green | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.5% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Piney Green sells for about $307K
Homes sold in Piney Green spent a median 54 days on the market. In Piney Green, the going rate for rent is $1,202 a month. 28% of the homes sold in Piney Green went for more than their asking price.
| Piney Green | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,202 a month | $1,084 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Piney Green
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Piney Green
About 9 of every 100 Piney Green residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Piney Green
CDP in North Carolina, United States
Piney Green is a census-designated place (CDP) in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 14,386 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 39 ft
Piney Green’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Piney Green.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Green | #181 | C− | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Jacksonville | #170 | C | C | C | B− | A− |
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Questions about Piney Green
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Piney Green, NC a good place to live?
Piney Green grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #181 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Piney Green, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $228,000, 31% 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+.