Home values, rents and more in Wilmington, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Wilmington compares
The typical home in Wilmington, NC is worth about $416,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wilmington are 6% below the typical value in the Wilmington metro area ($443,000) and 14% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Wilmington rose 0.2%, compared with +0.7% in the Wilmington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,713 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Wilmington metro area ($1,744) and 11% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $66,738, against $76,471 in the Wilmington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 120,805 people live in Wilmington (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Wilmington has the 13th-lowest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Wilmington metro area and the 94th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: New Hanover 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.