Best PlacesTrent Woods, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trent Woods, 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.
Trent Woods ranks 5,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trent Woods
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.
Trent Woods' strengths and weaknesses
Where Trent Woods ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute17.0 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
Where Trent Woods ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trent Woods
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trent Woods home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,189, 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 Trent Woods' effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Trent Woods
Trent Woods 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 Trent Woods.
Who works in Trent Woods, and how
Work in Trent Woods centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Trent Woods
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Trent Woods, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trent Woods, month by month
Trent Woods sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Trent Woods
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trent Woods
Schools across Trent Woods average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Albert H Bangert ElementaryA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- H J Macdonald MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College East HighA+ · 95% proficient
- Craven Early College HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trent Woods school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trent Woods 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 Trent Woods against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trent Woods
Is Trent Woods a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trent Woods ranks 5,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on disaster risk and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trent Woods expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $341,706. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $112,189 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Trent Woods safe?
Yes, Trent Woods is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
Compare Trent Woods with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trent Woods. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trent Woods 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.
Trent Woods detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trent Woods: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trent Woods: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trent Woods: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trent Woods: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trent Woods 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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