Home values, rents and more in Wrightsville Beach, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Wrightsville Beach compares
The typical home in Wrightsville Beach, NC is worth about $1,771,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wrightsville Beach are 4.0 times the typical value in the Wilmington metro area ($443,000) and 4.8 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Wrightsville Beach rose 10.0%, compared with +0.7% in the Wilmington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,100 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 20% above the Wilmington metro area ($1,744) and 9% above the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $151,563, against $76,471 in the Wilmington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,665 people live in Wrightsville Beach (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Wrightsville Beach has the highest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Wilmington metro area and the 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.