| Rank | Average Retirement Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $31,778 | Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools / 77,480 |
| 2. | $31,252 | Avery County Schools / 17,903 |
| 3. | $29,416 | Dare County Schools / 33,976 |
| 4. | $26,749 | Brunswick County Schools / 98,712 |
| 5. | $26,236 | Moore County Schools / 84,280 |
| 6. | $24,767 | Chatham County Schools / 61,444 |
| 7. | $24,757 | Craven County Schools / 96,789 |
| 8. | $24,601 | Macon County Schools / 32,607 |
| 9. | $23,889 | Carteret County Schools / 63,369 |
| 10. | $23,403 | Perquimans County Schools / 12,367 |
| 11. | $23,326 | Wake County Schools / 828,759 |
| 12. | $23,185 | Weldon City Schools / 7,089 |
| 13. | $23,118 | Jackson County Schools / 33,174 |
| 14. | $23,021 | Transylvania County Schools / 29,886 |
| 15. | $22,764 | New Hanover County Schools / 189,463 |
| 16. | $22,563 | Davie County Schools / 40,297 |
| 17. | $22,341 | Watauga County Schools / 44,636 |
| 18. | $22,104 | Henderson County Schools / 100,333 |
| 19. | $21,688 | Currituck County Schools / 23,713 |
| 20. | $21,599 | Asheville City Schools / 35,538 |
| 21. | $21,451 | Durham Public Schools / 256,296 |
| 22. | $20,847 | Mount Airy City Schools / 10,248 |
| 23. | $20,827 | Pasquotank County Schools / 40,334 |
| 24. | $20,669 | Alleghany County Schools / 10,905 |
| 25. | $20,626 | Onslow County Schools / 124,820 |
| 26. | $20,529 | Pamlico County Schools / 12,470 |
| 27. | $20,467 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools / 861,189 |
| 28. | $20,450 | Beaufort County Schools / 45,993 |
| 29. | $20,254 | Forsyth County Schools / 346,851 |
| 30. | $20,234 | Guilford County Schools / 464,041 |
| 31. | $20,059 | Haywood County Schools / 56,535 |
| 32. | $19,997 | Cumberland County Schools / 281,742 |
| 33. | $19,957 | Hickory City Schools / 33,078 |
| 34. | $19,782 | Madison County Schools / 20,227 |
| 35. | $19,567 | Orange County Schools / 47,023 |
| 36. | $19,518 | Buncombe County Schools / 190,331 |
| 37. | $19,503 | Union County Public Schools / 181,852 |
| 38. | $19,445 | Ashe County Schools / 25,467 |
| 39. | $19,278 | Camden County Schools / 9,375 |
| 40. | $19,188 | Pitt County Schools / 151,931 |
| 41. | $19,169 | Iredell-Statesville Schools / 132,472 |
| 42. | $18,980 | Catawba County Schools / 105,364 |
| 43. | $18,826 | Roanoke Rapids City Schools / 14,357 |
| 44. | $18,754 | Pender County Schools / 49,408 |
| 45. | $18,447 | Alamance-Burlington Schools / 144,769 |
| 46. | $18,384 | Lee County Schools / 57,919 |
| 47. | $18,302 | Cherokee County Schools / 26,203 |
| 48. | $18,167 | Polk County Schools / 19,107 |
| 49. | $18,085 | Lincoln County Schools / 72,728 |
| 50. | $17,994 | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools / 103,982 |
| 51. | $17,948 | Lexington City Schools / 21,993 |
| 52. | $17,905 | Wayne County Public Schools / 113,290 |
| 53. | $17,865 | Clay County Schools / 10,084 |
| 54. | $17,719 | Sampson County Schools / 46,780 |
| 55. | $17,716 | Johnston County Schools / 156,888 |
| 56. | $17,690 | Clinton City Schools / 16,216 |
| 57. | $17,673 | Martin County Schools / 23,699 |
| 58. | $17,494 | Hyde County Schools / 5,256 |
| 59. | $17,300 | Elkin City Schools / 6,970 |
| 60. | $17,227 | Vance County Schools / 42,987 |
| 61. | $16,970 | Yadkin County Schools / 37,520 |
| 62. | $16,966 | Davidson County Schools / 110,134 |
| 63. | $16,867 | Montgomery County Schools / 27,456 |
| 64. | $16,846 | Rowan-Salisbury Schools / 129,367 |
| 65. | $16,819 | Harnett County Schools / 108,885 |
| 66. | $16,674 | Greene County Schools / 20,402 |
| 67. | $16,586 | Warren County Schools / 19,545 |
| 68. | $16,500 | Hoke County Schools / 42,410 |
| 69. | $16,415 | Jones County Schools / 10,028 |
| 70. | $16,411 | Wilson County Schools / 76,765 |
| 71. | $16,402 | Surry County Schools / 54,948 |
| 72. | $16,306 | Mooresville City Schools / 17,874 |
| 73. | $16,296 | Gaston County Schools / 202,149 |
| 74. | $16,196 | Caldwell County Schools / 79,382 |
| 75. | $16,170 | Rutherford County Schools / 63,153 |
| 76. | $16,084 | Northampton County Schools / 20,611 |
| 77. | $16,041 | Wilkes County Schools / 66,563 |
| 78. | $16,028 | Tyrrell County Schools / 4,112 |
| 79. | $15,995 | Person County Schools / 37,301 |
| 80. | $15,878 | Cabarrus County Schools / 139,933 |
| 81. | $15,844 | Yancey County Schools / 18,336 |
| 82. | $15,790 | Halifax County Schools / 33,672 |
| 83. | $15,759 | Robeson County Schools / 127,686 |
| 84. | $15,733 | Stokes County Schools / 45,916 |
| 85. | $15,710 | Eastern Cherokee Reservation / 6,923 |
| 86. | $15,623 | Columbus County Schools / 38,895 |
| 87. | $15,613 | Cleveland County Schools / 98,331 |
| 88. | $15,580 | Burke County Schools / 88,987 |
| 89. | $15,508 | Washington County Schools / 12,979 |
| 90. | $15,488 | Lenoir County Schools / 56,831 |
| 91. | $15,398 | Caswell County Schools / 23,228 |
| 92. | $15,352 | Granville County Schools / 55,670 |
| 93. | $15,298 | Randolph County Schools / 110,774 |
| 94. | $15,293 | Edenton-Chowan Schools / 14,629 |
| 95. | $15,288 | Whiteville City Schools / 15,155 |
| 96. | $15,256 | Franklin County Schools / 57,201 |
| 97. | $15,203 | Stanly County Schools / 59,136 |
| 98. | $15,144 | Gates County Schools / 11,555 |
| 99. | $15,093 | Edgecombe County Schools / 41,418 |
| 100. | $14,975 | Swain County Schools / 9,717 |
| 101. | $14,737 | Rockingham County Schools / 92,007 |
| 102. | $14,730 | Bertie County Schools / 19,187 |
| 103. | $14,561 | Newton-Conover City Schools / 16,715 |
| 104. | $14,301 | Graham County Schools / 7,964 |
| 105. | $14,167 | Hertford County Schools / 23,281 |
| 106. | $14,102 | Anson County Schools / 25,243 |
| 107. | $14,070 | Asheboro City Schools / 28,669 |
| 108. | $14,032 | Scotland County Schools / 36,394 |
| 109. | $13,868 | Duplin County Schools / 52,358 |
| 110. | $13,689 | Richmond County Schools / 45,947 |
| 111. | $13,552 | Bladen County Schools / 32,412 |
| 112. | $13,445 | Kannapolis City Schools / 29,560 |
| 113. | $13,431 | Alexander County Schools / 36,278 |
| 114. | $13,426 | McDowell County Schools / 43,587 |
| 115. | $13,247 | Mitchell County Schools / 15,690 |
| 116. | $12,010 | Thomasville City Schools / 23,906 |
| 117. | $5,840 | Camp Lejeune Schools / 40,361 |
| 118. | $3,253 | Fort Bragg Schools / 27,574 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Average Retirement Income per Household' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Average Retirement Income per Household' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
