Best PlacesCurrituck, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Currituck, 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.
Currituck ranks 2,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Currituck
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.
Currituck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Currituck ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$124,681 median, better than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
Where Currituck ranks low
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 26% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 37% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 41% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Currituck
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Currituck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,681, 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 Currituck's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Currituck
Currituck runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Currituck.
Who works in Currituck, and how
Work in Currituck centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Currituck
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Currituck, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Currituck, month by month
Currituck sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 71° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Currituck
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Currituck
Schools across Currituck average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shawboro Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Knotts Island ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Central ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moyock MiddleA− · 57% proficient
- Currituck County MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- The Jp Knapp Ech (i)schoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Northside HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Currituck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Currituck 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 Currituck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Currituck
Is Currituck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Currituck ranks 2,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Currituck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $426,498. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $124,681 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Currituck safe?
Yes, Currituck is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
Compare Currituck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Currituck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Currituck 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.
Currituck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Currituck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Currituck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Currituck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Currituck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Currituck 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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