Skippers CornerNC
3,792 people live in this town in North Carolina.
Is Skippers Corner a good place to live?
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Its weakest subject is health: residents are less healthy than just over four fifths of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. It also trails on hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Cost of living is its strong suit: a typical home costs about $248K, 3.2 years of the Wilmington metro’s $76K median household income. The overall grade lands at C−, better than a quarter of U.S. towns. That places it 173rd of 286 in North Carolina.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index.
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.
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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.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Skippers Corner, 72% come from hurricanes and 18% from inland flooding. 35 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1999.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Skippers Corner is less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns
In Skippers Corner, nearly a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes, above both the North Carolina town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 16% of Skippers Corner adults report frequent physical distress. Among adults here, 43% have high blood pressure and 25% say their health is fair or poor.
| 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
The biggest park or preserve is Castle Hayne Park, at 98 acres. 2.8 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. In Skippers Corner, the density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in North Carolina’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| 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
About half of Skippers Corner’s working residents commute to Wilmington
Jobs based here grew from 379 in 2013 to 736.
For most workers, Skippers Corner is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. In Skippers Corner, 28% of residents live below the poverty line. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Skippers Corner grew to 736 in 2023, 357 more than in 2013. Its average trip to work comes in at 20 minutes.
| Skippers Corner | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 28% | 13% | 9.6% |
| 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
Skippers Corner: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 34° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Skippers Corner sell for about $472K
The typical rent in Skippers Corner is $838 a month. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 92%. On the market here: a median 105 days to sell.
| Skippers Corner | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $838 a month | $1,086 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 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+.