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Piney Green, North Carolina.

A community in Onslow County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Onslow County’s.

Living in Piney Green, Onslow County, North Carolina

Piney Green, in Onslow County, had 14,386 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $72,177 a year and half less, against $68,148 across Onslow County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Onslow County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 14,386 in the 2020 census; median age 30.1
Household income $72,177 the median, give or take $7,136 · Onslow County: $68,148
Unemployment 3.9% Onslow County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 66% lived in by their owners; 34% rented
  • 5,386households
  • 24%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities12%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Onslow County had 53,881 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 32°; warmest in July, 88° and 68° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 55° 32° F M A M J J 88° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 32°; warmest in July, 88° and 68° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 55° 32° F M A M J J 88° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 68°. About 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hofmann Forest weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Onslow County

  1. Onslow County SchoolsSchool district3,501FTE
  2. Onslow Memorial Hospital MainGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,172
  3. Onslow Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital883FTE
  4. Coastal Carolina Community CollegeTwo-year college599
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters361
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters335
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters301
  8. Brynn Marr HospitalPsychiatric hospital183FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 88 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,860 people in all across the county; Piney Green has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. Winter weatherVery high
  3. LightningVery high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. TornadoesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Piney Green’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Onslow County.