Everything in this guide radiates from the North Carolina Courage's training and match home at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, a 150-acre soccer-specific complex run by the Town of Cary. Cary consistently ranks among the safest and most affluent suburbs in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle, so a player here trades big-city friction for short, low-profile commutes, country-club neighborhoods, and Five-Star dining minutes from the pitch.
An established ~400-home enclave wrapped around the private MacGregor Downs Country Club and Lake MacGregor, with mature tree canopy and tree-lined streets.
A sprawling 1,950-acre master-planned community of ~1,625 homes around Prestonwood Country Club, with resort-style amenities and several gated custom-estate pockets.
A master-planned golf community with three lakes, an extensive greenway trail network, and a mix of townhomes, single-family homes, and waterfront luxury properties.
A modern corridor of upscale apartments, townhomes, and single-family homes wrapped around Umstead State Park, SAS, and the Research Triangle Park job hub.
The neighborhoods above sit inside a twenty-minute drive of WakeMed Soccer Park. But many athletes prioritize lifestyle, privacy, and prestige over commute — these are the areas across Raleigh where athletes most often buy and rent, even though they’re a longer drive from the facility.
The Triangle's only gated golf community, spread across 1,500+ wooded acres around a 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature course with an attended gatehouse entry. Custom estates sit on private lots tucked nine miles outside Chapel Hill.
A polished 1,600-home golf community founded by SAS, anchored by the 54-hole Prestonwood Country Club and set in Cary, one of the safest affluent suburbs in the country. Large custom estates back up to the championship fairways.
A newer Toll Brothers gated community on 800 wooded acres beside Falls Lake, built around a Tom Fazio course ranked among the state's best. Controlled access and security patrols guard sprawling modern estates.
Raleigh's most expensive ZIP and its historic heart of prestige, with stately brick estates on tree-canopied lots minutes from downtown. Hayes Barton and Budleigh are the address of the Triangle's establishment wealth.