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Home values, rents and more in Bald Head Island, NC

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$1,438,000
Metro: $443,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.0%
Metro: +0.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
190
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$209,219
Metro: $76,471 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Bald Head Island, NC, shaded by typical home valueBald Head Island
  • Under $530k
  • $530k–$550k
  • $550k–$570k
  • $570k–$590k
  • $590k+
  • No data
ZIP codes around Bald Head Island, NC, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Bald Head Island is outlined.

How Bald Head Island compares

The typical home in Bald Head Island, NC is worth about $1,438,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bald Head Island are 3.2 times the typical value in the Wilmington metro area ($443,000) and 3.9 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Bald Head Island rose 4.0%, compared with +0.7% in the Wilmington metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $209,219, against $76,471 in the Wilmington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 190 people live in Bald Head Island (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Bald Head Island has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Wilmington metro area and the 3rd-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.

Part of: Brunswick County, NC · Wilmington metro area · North Carolina

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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