NC area data
Tar Heel, NC
Tar Heel, NC.
Population: 1,758 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 438.2 (+1.0% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 94.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 14.0¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $16.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Schools
- Total schools
- 2
- Elementary schools
- 1
- Middle schools
- 1
- High schools
- 0
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- hurricane, strongWind, iceStorm, lightning, tornado
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 62.0°F
- Average high
- 74.0°F
- Average low
- 51.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 52.4 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Moores Creek National Battlefield (44 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Rocking A Farm Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Lumberton Regional Airport (LBT) (17 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 14
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.7 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.5 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,976
- Median annual property tax
- $1,225
- Households with broadband internet
- 54.6%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 11,661
- Average weekly wage
- $880
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Agriculture, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 159
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