Best PlacesCurrie, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Currie, 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.
Currie ranks 37,582nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Currie
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.
Currie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Currie ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 80% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
Where Currie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Currie
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Currie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,471, 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 Currie's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Currie
Currie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Currie.
Who works in Currie, and how
Work in Currie centers on manufacturing and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Currie
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Currie, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Currie, month by month
Currie sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Currie
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Currie
Schools across Currie average a B, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cape Fear ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Malpass Corner ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cape Fear MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
- West Pender MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Pender Early College HighA+ · 93% proficient
- Heide Trask HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Currie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Currie 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 Currie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Currie
Is Currie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Currie ranks 37,582nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Currie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,067. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $57,471 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Currie safe?
Yes, Currie is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Currie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Currie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Currie 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.
Currie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Currie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Currie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Currie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Currie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Currie 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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