Best PlacesCorapeake, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Corapeake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Corapeake ranks 23,534th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Corapeake
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.
Corapeake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Corapeake ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
Where Corapeake ranks low
- Short commute43.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Corapeake
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Corapeake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,770, 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 Corapeake's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Corapeake
Corapeake's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Corapeake.
Who works in Corapeake, and how
Work in Corapeake centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Corapeake
The coast is about 47 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Corapeake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Corapeake, month by month
Corapeake sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Corapeake
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Corapeake
Schools across Corapeake average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grandy PrimaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Buckland ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- T S Cooper ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Camden MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Camden IntermediateA · 60% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Camden County HighA− · 63% proficient
- Gates County Senior HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Corapeake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Corapeake 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 Corapeake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Corapeake
Is Corapeake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Corapeake ranks 23,534th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Corapeake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,118. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $81,770 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Corapeake safe?
Corapeake is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare Corapeake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Corapeake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Corapeake 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.
Corapeake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Corapeake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Corapeake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Corapeake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Corapeake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Corapeake 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.