Amberly, Cary: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the Town of Cary’s Imagine Cary Community Plan, residential boundaries data and parks map data, the Wake County Public School System’s 2026-27 attendance areas and base school lookup, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, GoCary and GoTriangle schedule data, OpenStreetMap and Zillow Research.

Amberly is a group of neighborhoods in far west Cary, west of the Triangle Expressway. The town’s Historic Carpenter plan, part of the Imagine Cary Community Plan, describes Morrisville-Carpenter Road as a future east-west link “linking Amberly at the western edge of Cary with NC Highway 54 in Morrisville.” The Town of Cary’s residential boundaries data lists 11 neighborhoods with the Amberly name, among them Amberly Glen, the Townes at Amberly, Village Square at Amberly and Carolina Preserve at Amberly. All are in ZIP code 27519.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Panther Creek High, 81.8% of state tests at grade level in 2025-26, according to the state’s accountability data. Check an address with the district’s base school lookup.
• Home value: $695,323 in ZIP code 27519 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest freeway exit: N.C. 540 Exit 66 at N.C. 55, about 2.6 miles by road.

Part of our Cary neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

OpenStreetMap also names Amberly as a place, with McCrimmon Parkway running through it and the Cary Park neighborhood to the south. A lake crossed by the Amberly Lake Greenway sits in the middle. The area is inside Cary’s town limits, but the county line runs through it: 10 of the 12 Amberly areas in the town’s data are in Wake County and two, part of Carolina Preserve at Amberly and Peninsula at Amberly, are in Chatham County, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder. Chatham County homes pay Chatham’s county tax rate instead of Wake’s and are served by Chatham County Schools. Check the parcel on Wake County’s iMAPS map or Chatham County’s GIS before you buy.

Schools

Amberly is in the Wake County Public School System. We checked the middle of each of the 12 Amberly areas in the town’s data against the district’s 2026-27 attendance areas. Eight were zoned for Hortons Creek Elementary, Mills Park Middle and Panther Creek High. Two were zoned for Salem Elementary, Salem Middle and Panther Creek High. The other two are in Chatham County and are served by Chatham County Schools, not Wake. Check every address in the Wake district’s base school lookup or with Chatham County Schools.

Scores are the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26 and the state’s growth rating, from the accountability data.

The district average was 68.2%. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow publishes no figure for Amberly alone. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

• McCrimmon Park, a town park, is less than a mile from the middle of Amberly, according to OpenStreetMap.
• Mills School Park, about 119 acres beside Mills Park Middle on Mills Park Drive, is about 1.3 miles southeast, according to the town’s parks map data.
• New Hope Church Road Trailhead Park, a town trailhead on the American Tobacco Trail connector, is about 1.2 miles southwest.
• Greenways in and around the area, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, include the Amberly Lake, Morris Branch, Panther Creek, Green Level and Cary Park Lake greenways.

More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails guide.

Getting around

• N.C. 540 (Triangle Expressway, toll): Exit 66 at N.C. 55 is about 2.6 miles by road from the middle of Amberly; Exit 64 at Morrisville Parkway is about 2.8 miles.
• Downtown Cary (316 N. Academy St.): about 9.3 miles by road.
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport: about 9.7 miles by road.
• Buses: No bus stops inside the area. The nearest is GoTriangle Route 311 on N.C. 55 at Mahal Avenue, about 1.7 miles away; GoCary’s nearest stop is on Route 4 at N.C. 55 and High House Road, according to the agencies’ published schedule data. See GoTriangle and GoCary.

Distances were measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads from a point in the middle of the area. They are distances, not drive times. More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists these within about a mile:

• Supermarkets: Publix, 425 Emmisary Drive; ALDI, 225 Dogwood Tree Lane; Harris Teeter, 10140 Green Level Church Road.
• Pharmacies: Walgreens on Carpenter Hill Road; CVS Pharmacy on Cary Reserve Drive.

How we built this page

The neighborhood list comes from the Town of Cary’s residential boundaries data and its Imagine Cary Community Plan, which names Amberly. School zones come from the district’s attendance-area map for 2026-27, checked at the middle of each neighborhood; a home near a zone line can differ. We found no town or county registry of homeowners associations for Amberly, so this page does not describe them.

Frequently asked questions

What high school is Amberly in Cary zoned for?

The 10 Amberly areas in Wake County that we checked were all zoned for Panther Creek High in the Wake County Public School System’s 2026-27 attendance areas. Two Amberly areas are in Chatham County and are served by Chatham County Schools.

Is Amberly in Wake County or Chatham County?

Both. All of Amberly is in Cary and in ZIP code 27519, but two of the 12 Amberly areas in the Town of Cary’s data, part of Carolina Preserve at Amberly and Peninsula at Amberly, are in Chatham County.

What is the typical home value in Amberly?

Zillow publishes no figure for Amberly alone. Its Home Value Index for ZIP code 27519 was $695,323 in August 2026, down 2.2% from August 2025.

How far is Amberly from downtown Cary?

About 9.3 miles by road from the middle of Amberly to downtown Cary, and about 9.7 miles to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, measured on OpenStreetMap roads.