VanderNC
A town of 1,922, settled in 1890.
Is Vander a good place to live?
Vander’s weakest subject grade is a D for walkability. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Vander, above both the North Carolina town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 27 of North Carolina’s 450 towns score lower on walkability. Only 2 of North Carolina’s 451 towns score lower on the outdoors. Vander has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Vander has grown 21% from 2010 to 2020
1,146 counted in 2010 and 1,388 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Vander grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Vander is from typical.
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Moving to Vander: who provides what
Vander is unincorporated, so Cumberland 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 Vander.
Vander’s schools rank behind 56% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Cumberland County Schools. Vander’s only public school teaches 362 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 362 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
About two in five of Vander’s working residents commute to Fayetteville
Vander’s average trip to work stands at 27 minutes, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 1% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Fayetteville (41%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (4%). For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away.
| Vander | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Vander are less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Vander who had a checkup this year: 81%. The town beats the North Carolina average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. In Vander, 41% of adults have high blood pressure, and 39% have obesity.
| Vander | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Vander | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.7% | 65.7% |
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 40% | 34.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Vander has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Households in Vander have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2018. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. 49% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 17%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Vander sell for about $363K
Nearly four in five households own their home here. For Vander, the median rent is $929 a month.
| Vander | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $929 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Airborne & Special Operations Museum and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vander. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumAirborne & Special Operations Museum
14 mi Museum82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
4 mi GardenCape Fear Botanical Garden
34 mi MuseumWeymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve
32 mi MuseumHarper HousePhoto credits
Airborne & Special Operations Museum: US Army, Public domain · 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum: Dragases (talk), Public domain · Cape Fear Botanical Garden: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Wyatt Greene, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harper House: Bentonvilleshs, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Vander
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Vander
About 10 of every 100 Vander residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
99% of working residents leave Vander for work
Where Vander’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Vander
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Vander is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,388 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 125 ft
- Area code
- 910
Vander’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Vander.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vander | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Fayetteville | #245 | D | C | D | C+ | C+ |
Vander has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Vander reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Vander with a neighbor →
Questions about Vander
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vander, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $232,000, 30% 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−.