Best PlacesBogue, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bogue, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bogue ranks 6,170th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bogue
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bogue's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bogue ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
Where Bogue ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 25% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bogue
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bogue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,659, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bogue's effective rate of 0.37%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bogue
Bogue runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bogue.
Who works in Bogue, and how
Work in Bogue centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bogue
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bogue, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bogue, month by month
Bogue sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 88° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 78° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Bogue
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bogue
Schools across Bogue average an A+, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- White Oak ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
Top middle schools
- Broad Creek MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Croatan HighA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bogue school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bogue measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bogue against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bogue
Is Bogue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bogue ranks 6,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bogue expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,934. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $101,659 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Bogue safe?
Yes, Bogue is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Bogue with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bogue. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bogue represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bogue detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bogue: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bogue: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bogue: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bogue: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bogue detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.