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. 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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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
The share of working residents in Vander who work locally: 1%. Among residents here, 23% live below the poverty line, above both the North Carolina town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). For Vander, the average trip to work is 27 minutes. The top destinations are Fayetteville (41%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (4%).
| Vander | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 13% | 9.6% |
| 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
Vander has mild winters and hot summers
Its peak summer temperature stands at 91°F, against 89°F in North Carolina’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Vander are less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Just over four in five adults had a checkup this year in Vander. 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
Vander’s median rent comes in at $929 a month. Nearly four fifths of Vander households own their home.
| 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−.