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Seven Lakes, North Carolina.

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

Living in Seven Lakes, Moore County, North Carolina

Seven Lakes, in Moore County, had 4,900 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $91,085 a year and half less, against $86,080 across Moore County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. Unemployment in Moore County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 6.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Moore County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,900 in the 2020 census
Household income $91,085 the median, give or take $12,586 · Moore County: $86,080
Unemployment 3.2% Moore County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes 93% lived in by their owners; 7% rented
  • 2,058households
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 40 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in Moore County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Moore County had 42,751 jobs in 2025, 6.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 33°; warmest in July, 90° and 70° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 52° 33° F M A M J J 90° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 33°; warmest in July, 90° and 70° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 52° 33° F M A M J J 90° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°. About 3 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jackson Springs Wnw weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Moore County

  1. Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalGeneral hospital3,160FTE
  2. Moore County SchoolsSchool district1,613FTE
  3. PinehurstResort hotels without casinos1,508
  4. Lee Electrical ConstructionElectrical contractors1,046
  5. County of Moore Local GovernmentGeneral services departments, government919
  6. Sandhills Community CollegeTwo-year college657
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters324
  8. Penick VillageSkilled nursing facilities258

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 84 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,065 people in all across the county; Seven Lakes has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) 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. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Seven Lakes’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Moore County.