Home values, rents and more in the Wilmington metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Wilmington metro compares
The typical home in the Wilmington metro area is worth about $443,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Wilmington metro are 33% above the typical value in North Carolina ($332,000) and 21% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Wilmington metro rose 0.7%, compared with −0.2% in North Carolina and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,744 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% above North Carolina ($1,603) and 10% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $76,471, against $72,388 in North Carolina and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 492,772 people live in the Wilmington metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Wilmington metro has the 113th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 38 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: North Carolina
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Wilmington metro
Cities in the Wilmington metro
- Wilmington, NC $416,000
- Leland, NC $383,000
- Hampstead, NC $489,000
- Oak Island, NC $602,000
- Carolina Beach, NC $605,000
- Boiling Spring Lakes, NC $315,000
- Carolina Shores, NC $320,000
- Shallotte, NC $316,000
- Surf City, NC $626,000
- Sunset Beach, NC $438,000
- Southport, NC $549,000
- Burgaw, NC $286,000
- Wrightsville Beach, NC $1,771,000
- Belville, NC $332,000
- Kure Beach, NC $751,000
- Calabash, NC $350,000
- Navassa, NC $286,000
- Rocky Point, NC $369,000
- Holden Beach, NC $914,000
- Ocean Isle Beach, NC $530,000
- Castle Hayne, NC $364,000
- Varnamtown, NC $315,000
- Caswell Beach, NC $648,000
- Atkinson, NC $219,000
- Topsail Beach, NC $947,000
- Bolivia, NC
- Bald Head Island, NC $1,438,000
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.