Home values, rents and more in New Hanover County, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How New Hanover County, NC compares
The typical home in New Hanover County, NC is worth about $446,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in New Hanover County, NC are about the same as the typical value in the Wilmington metro area ($443,000) and 22% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in New Hanover County, NC rose 0.7%, compared with +0.7% in the Wilmington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,719 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 4.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $75,166, against $76,471 in the Wilmington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 245,959 people live in New Hanover County, NC (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
New Hanover County, NC has the highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Wilmington metro area and the 10th-highest of 100 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.