Home values, rents and more in Carolina Shores, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Carolina Shores compares
The typical home in Carolina Shores, NC is worth about $320,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Carolina Shores are 28% below the typical value in the Wilmington metro area ($443,000) and 13% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Carolina Shores fell 0.3%, compared with +0.7% in the Wilmington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $76,087, against $76,471 in the Wilmington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 5,017 people live in Carolina Shores (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Carolina Shores has the 7th-lowest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Wilmington metro area and the 195th-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.