Skippers CornerNC
A town of 3,792.
Is Skippers Corner a good place to live?
Skippers Corner gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $248K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the Wilmington metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 173rd of 286 in North Carolina. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and residents are less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 28% of residents live below the poverty line in Skippers Corner, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On history, just 19 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns.
What makes Skippers Corner stand out
Where Skippers Corner beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Skippers Corner for work
Where Skippers Corner’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Skippers Corner grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Skippers Corner is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Skippers Corner: who provides what
Skippers Corner is unincorporated, so New Hanover 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 Skippers Corner.
Skippers Corner has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of North Carolina (mostly hurricanes) and has poverty well above the North Carolina rate.
Very high risk in Skippers Corner, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of North Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $2,570 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1999, 35 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Skippers Corner.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For health, Skippers Corner earns a C−
16% of Skippers Corner adults have diabetes. Skippers Corner beats the North Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 43% of Skippers Corner adults have high blood pressure.
| Skippers Corner | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Skippers Corner | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 13.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.1% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Skippers Corner has set aside 8.3% of its land for conservation
2.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Castle Hayne Park, at 98 acres.
| Skippers Corner | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.3% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blue Clay Bike Park | 1.7 mi | 45 |
| 2. Castle Hayne Park | — | 98 |
| 3. Quince Common Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of North Carolina and the rest of the country, fewer of Skippers Corner’s working residents work locally
Jobs based here grew from 379 in 2013 to 736.
0.8% of working residents work locally in Skippers Corner. Jobs based in Skippers Corner grew to 736 in 2023, 357 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Skippers Corner is 20 minutes.
| Skippers Corner | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Skippers Corner
Skippers Corner has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Skippers Corner’s July high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Skippers Corner sell for about $480K
The median sale price was $480,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fort Fisher and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Skippers Corner. Close and well known come first.
25 mi LandmarkFort Fisher
19 mi GardenOrton Plantation
14 mi National BattlefieldMoores Creek National Battlefield56K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumBrunswick Town9 mi GardenAirlie Gardens
6 mi TheatreThalian HallPhoto credits
Fort Fisher: Eric T. Gunther, CC BY 3.0 · Orton Plantation: AgnosticPreachersKid., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moores Creek National Battlefield: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Brunswick Town: Brunswick1726, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thalian Hall: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Skippers Corner
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Skippers Corner
About 2 of every 100 Skippers Corner residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Skippers Corner
CDP in North Carolina, United States
Skippers Corner is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Skippers Corner had a population of 2,912. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 7.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
Skippers Corner’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Skippers Corner.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skippers Corner | #173 | C− | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Castle Hayne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wrightsboro | #68 | B | B+ | — | B | B− |
| Blue Clay Farms | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Skippers Corner and Wrightsboro report no FBI crime data of their own. Castle Hayne and Blue Clay Farms aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Skippers Corner with a neighbor →
Questions about Skippers Corner
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Skippers Corner, NC a good place to live?
Skippers Corner grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #173 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Skippers Corner, NC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $248,000, 25% 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 B+.