Seven LakesNC
A town of 4,535.
Is Seven Lakes a good place to live?
Seven Lakes gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $394K for a typical one, or 4.6 years of the Pinehurst metro’s $86K median household income. It grades A overall, ranked 7th of 286 in North Carolina. On the plus side, residents are healthier than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 47% of residents are 65 or older in Seven Lakes, against 18% in North Carolina’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Seven Lakes has 1 place on the National Register. Only 2 of the 290 North Carolina towns we compare have a higher average trip to work than Seven Lakes.
What makes Seven Lakes stand out
Where Seven Lakes beats most towns.
How Seven Lakes grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Seven Lakes is from typical.
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Moving to Seven Lakes: who provides what
Seven Lakes is unincorporated, so Moore 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 Seven Lakes.
Seven Lakes trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and trades workers with Pinehurst and other neighbors.
Seven Lakes’ schools rank ahead of 70% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Moore County Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 413 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
For health, Seven Lakes earns an A−
27% of Seven Lakes adults feel lonely. Seven Lakes beats the North Carolina average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 13% of Seven Lakes adults report frequent mental distress.
| Seven Lakes | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Seven Lakes | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.9% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.5% | 12.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Seven Lakes | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Seven Lakes North park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Low risk in Seven Lakes, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Seven Lakes has mild winters and hot summers
Seven Lakes has mild winters and warm summers. The July high in Seven Lakes is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Seven Lakes
Seven Lakes has about as many jobs (1,361) as working residents, but only 83 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 40.3 minutes, against 25.1 across North Carolina.
Most working residents leave Seven Lakes for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Seven Lakes has added 320 jobs, to 1,361 in 2023. Seven Lakes’ median household income is $91,000.
| Seven Lakes | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $91,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.9% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Seven Lakes sell for about $450K
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 27 miles.
93% of households own their home in Seven Lakes.
| Seven Lakes | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $914 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Seven Lakes
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Seven Lakes
About 4 of every 100 Seven Lakes residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Seven Lakes
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Seven Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,900.
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- Area
- 10 sq mi
- Elevation
- 561 ft
Questions about Seven Lakes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Seven Lakes, NC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Seven Lakes grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #7 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
Is Seven Lakes, NC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $395,000, 19% above 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 A−.