| Rank | Average Retirement Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $71,144 | Fort Bragg Schools / 24,689 |
| 2. | $36,803 | Avery County Schools / 17,815 |
| 3. | $33,925 | Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools / 84,665 |
| 4. | $32,646 | Dare County Schools / 34,019 |
| 5. | $30,084 | Thomasville City Schools / 14,825 |
| 6. | $28,972 | Polk County Schools / 20,386 |
| 7. | $28,961 | Brunswick County Schools / 107,925 |
| 8. | $27,728 | Craven County Schools / 102,904 |
| 9. | $26,768 | Chatham County Schools / 63,896 |
| 10. | $26,423 | Wake County Schools / 905,573 |
| 11. | $26,238 | Perquimans County Schools / 13,414 |
| 12. | $26,184 | Moore County Schools / 88,314 |
| 13. | $25,955 | New Hanover County Schools / 203,276 |
| 14. | $25,726 | Macon County Schools / 33,815 |
| 15. | $25,656 | Currituck County Schools / 23,677 |
| 16. | $25,360 | Carteret County Schools / 66,415 |
| 17. | $24,923 | Henderson County Schools / 106,577 |
| 18. | $24,886 | Pamlico County Schools / 13,145 |
| 19. | $24,594 | Jackson County Schools / 35,967 |
| 20. | $24,378 | Clay County Schools / 10,575 |
| 21. | $24,344 | Transylvania County Schools / 32,825 |
| 22. | $24,221 | Durham Public Schools / 269,283 |
| 23. | $23,914 | Davie County Schools / 41,183 |
| 24. | $23,586 | Haywood County Schools / 58,915 |
| 25. | $23,190 | Hoke County Schools / 47,368 |
| 26. | $22,959 | Watauga County Schools / 51,103 |
| 27. | $22,911 | Asheville City Schools / 38,985 |
| 28. | $22,714 | Iredell-Statesville Schools / 132,553 |
| 29. | $22,711 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools / 926,873 |
| 30. | $22,626 | Columbus County Schools / 42,379 |
| 31. | $22,272 | Cumberland County Schools / 294,640 |
| 32. | $21,904 | Pasquotank County Schools / 40,551 |
| 33. | $21,876 | Onslow County Schools / 148,931 |
| 34. | $21,857 | Clinton City Schools / 15,922 |
| 35. | $21,682 | Jones County Schools / 10,144 |
| 36. | $21,649 | Guilford County Schools / 489,576 |
| 37. | $21,637 | Halifax County Schools / 32,131 |
| 38. | $21,601 | Buncombe County Schools / 200,015 |
| 39. | $21,538 | Montgomery County Schools / 27,741 |
| 40. | $21,463 | Beaufort County Schools / 47,542 |
| 41. | $21,060 | Camden County Schools / 9,965 |
| 42. | $20,669 | Lee County Schools / 57,876 |
| 43. | $20,581 | Orange County Schools / 49,293 |
| 44. | $20,352 | Forsyth County Schools / 351,368 |
| 45. | $20,285 | Union County Public Schools / 201,617 |
| 46. | $20,187 | Catawba County Schools / 105,261 |
| 47. | $20,075 | Warren County Schools / 20,860 |
| 48. | $19,975 | Pitt County Schools / 167,951 |
| 49. | $19,917 | Edenton-Chowan Schools / 14,825 |
| 50. | $19,713 | Pender County Schools / 52,447 |
| 51. | $19,697 | Mooresville City Schools / 27,061 |
| 52. | $19,690 | Sampson County Schools / 47,486 |
| 53. | $19,550 | Hickory City Schools / 31,271 |
| 54. | $19,548 | Greene County Schools / 21,386 |
| 55. | $19,482 | Roanoke Rapids City Schools / 14,735 |
| 56. | $19,420 | Wayne County Public Schools / 122,419 |
| 57. | $19,322 | Cabarrus County Schools / 155,604 |
| 58. | $19,236 | Alleghany County Schools / 11,069 |
| 59. | $19,154 | Madison County Schools / 20,727 |
| 60. | $19,146 | Cherokee County Schools / 27,304 |
| 61. | $19,106 | Harnett County Schools / 115,559 |
| 62. | $19,026 | Ashe County Schools / 27,099 |
| 63. | $18,981 | Lincoln County Schools / 78,052 |
| 64. | $18,963 | Mount Airy City Schools / 10,576 |
| 65. | $18,959 | Swain County Schools / 9,939 |
| 66. | $18,844 | Elkin City Schools / 6,285 |
| 67. | $18,826 | Alamance-Burlington Schools / 151,170 |
| 68. | $18,764 | Newton-Conover City Schools / 17,669 |
| 69. | $18,621 | Eastern Cherokee Reservation / 8,074 |
| 70. | $18,575 | Bertie County Schools / 21,035 |
| 71. | $18,418 | Stokes County Schools / 47,224 |
| 72. | $18,373 | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools / 106,512 |
| 73. | $18,218 | Cleveland County Schools / 97,890 |
| 74. | $18,178 | Martin County Schools / 24,298 |
| 75. | $18,155 | Franklin County Schools / 60,470 |
| 76. | $18,114 | Wilkes County Schools / 69,265 |
| 77. | $18,112 | Stanly County Schools / 60,489 |
| 78. | $17,993 | Wilson County Schools / 81,020 |
| 79. | $17,985 | Surry County Schools / 56,690 |
| 80. | $17,842 | Rutherford County Schools / 67,446 |
| 81. | $17,823 | Johnston County Schools / 169,122 |
| 82. | $17,748 | Whiteville City Schools / 15,233 |
| 83. | $17,685 | Gaston County Schools / 206,291 |
| 84. | $17,648 | Lenoir County Schools / 59,372 |
| 85. | $17,590 | Asheboro City Schools / 29,202 |
| 86. | $17,515 | Washington County Schools / 13,085 |
| 87. | $17,389 | Yadkin County Schools / 38,254 |
| 88. | $17,382 | Bladen County Schools / 34,922 |
| 89. | $17,328 | Yancey County Schools / 17,814 |
| 90. | $17,315 | Rowan-Salisbury Schools / 129,858 |
| 91. | $17,293 | Robeson County Schools / 133,920 |
| 92. | $17,287 | Caldwell County Schools / 82,493 |
| 93. | $17,222 | Duplin County Schools / 58,510 |
| 94. | $17,195 | McDowell County Schools / 44,926 |
| 95. | $17,168 | Granville County Schools / 59,666 |
| 96. | $17,125 | Burke County Schools / 90,821 |
| 97. | $17,032 | Davidson County Schools / 127,795 |
| 98. | $16,960 | Tyrrell County Schools / 4,367 |
| 99. | $16,636 | Hertford County Schools / 24,525 |
| 100. | $16,591 | Scotland County Schools / 36,266 |
| 101. | $16,590 | Edgecombe County Schools / 45,286 |
| 102. | $16,578 | Person County Schools / 39,322 |
| 103. | $16,562 | Randolph County Schools / 112,366 |
| 104. | $16,296 | Northampton County Schools / 21,959 |
| 105. | $15,442 | Graham County Schools / 8,766 |
| 106. | $15,396 | Vance County Schools / 45,183 |
| 107. | $15,253 | Anson County Schools / 26,699 |
| 108. | $15,063 | Richmond County Schools / 46,608 |
| 109. | $15,039 | Hyde County Schools / 5,810 |
| 110. | $14,882 | Alexander County Schools / 37,014 |
| 111. | $14,668 | Rockingham County Schools / 93,264 |
| 112. | $14,639 | Gates County Schools / 12,069 |
| 113. | $14,390 | Mitchell County Schools / 15,539 |
| 114. | $14,340 | Lexington City Schools / 20,008 |
| 115. | $14,168 | Caswell County Schools / 23,615 |
| 116. | $13,819 | Weldon City Schools / 7,827 |
| 117. | $13,088 | Camp Lejeune Schools / 27,530 |
| 118. | $12,424 | Kannapolis City Schools / 31,123 |
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.
