Best PlacesCedar Point, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Point, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Point ranks 10,198th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Point
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.
Cedar Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Point ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
Where Cedar Point ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Point
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,923, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Cedar Point's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Cedar Point
Cedar Point 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 Cedar Point.
Who works in Cedar Point, and how
Work in Cedar Point centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cedar Point
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cedar Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedar Point, month by month
Cedar Point 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 Cedar Point
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cedar Point
Schools across Cedar Point average an A+, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- White Oak ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
- Swansboro ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Broad Creek MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Swansboro MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Croatan HighA · 73% proficient
- Swansboro HighA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Point 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 Cedar Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Point
Is Cedar Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Point ranks 10,198th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and good schools, 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 Cedar Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $415,982. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $86,923 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Cedar Point safe?
Yes, Cedar Point is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $211 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Point 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.
Cedar Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Point 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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