Best PlacesWades Point, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wades Point, 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.
Wades Point ranks 39,285th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wades 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.
Wades Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wades Point ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of towns
Where Wades Point ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wades Point
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wades Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,753, 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 Wades Point's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wades Point
Wades 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 Wades Point.
Who works in Wades Point, and how
Work in Wades Point centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wades Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wades Point.
What the weather is like in Wades Point, month by month
Wades Point sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Wades Point
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wades Point
Schools across Wades Point average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northeast ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- S W Snowden ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Northside HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wades Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wades 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 Wades Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wades Point
Is Wades Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wades Point ranks 39,285th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and health care access, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wades Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,400. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $77,753 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Wades Point safe?
Wades Point is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
Compare Wades Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wades Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wades 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.
Wades Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wades Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wades Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wades Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wades Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wades 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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