Best PlacesCarvers, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carvers, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Carvers ranks 48,572nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Carvers
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.
Carvers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Carvers ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$526 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 74% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 67% of towns
Where Carvers ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$49,670 median, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carvers
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carvers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $49,670; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Carvers' effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carvers
Carvers runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carvers.
Who works in Carvers, and how
Work in Carvers centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Carvers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Carvers.
What the weather is like in Carvers, month by month
Carvers sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Carvers
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Carvers
Schools across Carvers average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elizabethtown PrimaryD+ · 23% proficient
- East Arcadia ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clarkton School Of DiscoveryC · 33% proficient
- Elizabethtown MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- East Bladen HighC+ · 40% proficient
- East Columbus Junior-senior HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carvers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carvers 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 Carvers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carvers
Is Carvers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carvers ranks 48,572nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and affordable childcare, and lowest on internet speeds and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carvers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,017. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $49,670 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Carvers safe?
Carvers is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $799 per resident a year.
Compare Carvers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carvers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carvers 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.
Carvers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carvers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carvers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carvers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carvers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carvers 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
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