Built to partner at the speed of business.
Onslow Coastal Alliance is the one contact for consultants and corporate real estate teams looking at Onslow County, North Carolina. We connect the county, municipalities, utilities, and employers so you get a clear path, and so the process stays simple and confidential.
The market at a glance
Jacksonville MSA gross domestic product
North Carolina's Southeast
Onslow County labor force
NC Commerce LEAD
Candidates for every job opening in the region
NCWorks / Onslow Coastal Alliance (OCA) analysis
NC corporate income tax — lowest of any state that levies one
NC Dept. of Revenue
What you get from us
We work the way project teams work: fast, specific, and quiet. If Onslow County is not the right fit for a requirement, we will tell you that too.
Responsive RFI support
Send requirements — acreage, power, water, ceiling height, headcount, wage band, timeline. You get a written response with matched sites, gaps flagged honestly, and no marketing filler.
Project-specific data packages
Labor shed and occupational supply, wage benchmarks by position, utility rate and capacity summaries, tax and operating-cost comparisons, and demographics at the drive-time ring you specify.
Coordinated local team
One call convenes the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, ONWASA, Duke Energy, JOEMC, Piedmont Natural Gas, NCWorks, and Coastal Carolina Community College — no round-robin of introductions.
Confidentiality as the default
Project code names, NDAs, and controlled information flow. Nothing is announced, published, or shared with partners without your written approval.
Property inventory
Sites we can put in front of a project team today
Jacksonville Business Park
Jacksonville · 40 acres available
Stormwater solved, utilities in place, city-backed.
View datasheetCamp Davis Industrial Park — Phase III
Holly Ridge · Acreage being finalized
The next phase of a park whose first two phases sold out.
View datasheetLot 14 — Camp Davis Industrial Park Phase II
Holly Ridge · 12.86 acres
12.86 shovel-ready acres — the largest available lot in Camp Davis II.
View datasheetLot 17 — Camp Davis Industrial Park Phase II
Holly Ridge · 1.73 acres
A right-sized 1.73-acre lot in a fully permitted, shovel-ready park.
View datasheet501 US Highway 17 — Camp Davis Outparcel
Holly Ridge · 2.63 acres (5.26 acres combined)
2.63 acres on US Highway 17 with commercial zoning — abuts Camp Davis Industrial Park.
View datasheetCompare every site side by side
Acreage, zoning, readiness, ownership, utilities at the property line, and drive time to Interstate 40. A check mark means the utility is at or stubbed to the site; a dash means confirm it with our team. Every figure matches the individual datasheet.
| Site | Acres | Zoning | Readiness | Ownership / control | Water | Sewer | Electric | Gas | Fiber | Interstate 40 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Business ParkJacksonville | 40 acres available | Corridor Commercial — permits high-intensity… | Shovel-ready | City of Jacksonville | 32.8 mi | Datasheet | |||||
| Camp Davis IIIHolly Ridge | Acreage being finalized | Light Industrial | In development | Onslow Coastal Alliance (OCA) | 25 minutes by four-lane highway | Datasheet | |||||
| Lot 14 · Camp Davis IIHolly Ridge | 12.86 acres | Light Industrial | Shovel-ready | Town of Holly Ridge | 25 minutes by four-lane highway | Datasheet | |||||
| Lot 17 · Camp Davis IIHolly Ridge | 1.73 acres | Light Industrial | Shovel-ready | Town of Holly Ridge | 25 minutes by four-lane highway | Datasheet | |||||
| 501 US Highway 17 OutparcelHolly Ridge | 2.63 acres (5.26 acres combined) | C — Commercial (rezoned by the Town of Holly… | Infrastructure in place | Town of Holly Ridge (501 US Highway 17) | 25 minutes by four-lane highway | Datasheet |
Existing buildings currently listed
Swansboro Commercial Building10,440 sfSwansboro, NC · Office, Retail, Commercial · 9–10 ft clear
3100 Freedom Way (Renewal Resources)6,000–7,500 sfHubert, NC · Industrial, Commercial · 16–18 ft clear
Published listings only. Off-market space and build-to-suit options are available on request — source: North Carolina's Southeast property database.
Search all regional buildingsCommercial land listings
1476 W Corbett Avenue30.3 acresSwansboro, NC · 30.3 acres · $3,750,000
Third-party market listings. Confirm size, price, entitlements, and utility availability with the listing broker or Onslow Coastal Alliance (OCA) before relying on these figures.
Target industries
Clusters where Onslow County has a structural advantage — each with its own labor, supply chain, and site detail.
Logistics & infrastructure
- Commercial air service in-county
- Albert J. Ellis Airport (OAJ) — daily service to CLT, ATL, and PHL hubs
- Deepwater ports
- Port of Morehead City 45 mi; Port of Wilmington 70 mi
- Highways
- US Highway 17 and NC 24 corridors connecting to I-40 and I-95
- Trade & utility assets
- Foreign-Trade Zone #214; Duke Energy and JOEMC service territories; Piedmont Natural Gas
Defense installations in the market
The largest Marine Corps concentration on the East Coast sits inside our county — a customer base for contractors and a talent pipeline for every other industry, with 5,000+ service members transitioning to civilian careers here each year.
- Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
- Marine Corps Air Station New River
- Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (45 mi)
- Stone Bay & Courthouse Bay training complexes
Port access
Two deepwater ports, both inside a day's drayage
Onslow County sits between the North Carolina State Ports at Morehead City and Wilmington. Both terminals are state-owned, actively modernized, and uncongested — a viable alternative to Norfolk, Charleston, and Savannah for import, export, bulk, and breakbulk cargo.
Port of Morehead City
45 miBulk, breakbulk, and project cargo — the closest deepwater terminal to Onslow County sites.
- One of the deepest natural harbors on the US East Coast, with a deep-draft channel and short transit from open ocean
- On-terminal rail served by Norfolk Southern, plus more than a million square feet of covered storage
- Purpose-built for breakbulk, forest products, aggregates, and oversized project cargo
- Uncongested berths — truck turn times measured in minutes, not hours
Port of Wilmington
70 miContainerized import and export, refrigerated cargo, and inland rail connections.
- Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and an expanded turning basin allow the largest vessels calling the US East Coast
- Expanded container yard and refrigerated capacity supporting food, agriculture, and pharma supply chains
- Queen City Express intermodal rail service linking the terminal to the Charlotte inland market
- Foreign-Trade Zone #214 coverage extends to qualifying Onslow County sites
Why the modernization matters to a project
North Carolina Ports has reinvested capital across berths, cranes, channel work, refrigerated capacity, and on-terminal rail. For a manufacturer or distributor siting in Onslow County that translates into shorter truck turn times than the congested mega-ports, direct inland rail connections, Foreign-Trade Zone #214 coverage, and room for volume growth without a new terminal queue.
Source: North Carolina State Ports Authority; NC Department of Transportation. Channel depths, capacity, and drayage times confirmed per project on request.
Send us the requirement
Melissa Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, handles project inquiries directly. Code names welcome; NDAs signed on request.
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