The median home value in Wendell, NC is $371,918 as of 2026-06-30, down 1.18% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$371,918
Year-over-Year
-1.18%
Population
16,281
Wendell ranks #35 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 19.9% above the state's city median of $310,273. It sits in Wake County, where the county-wide median is $482,092.
Wendell police recorded a violent crime rate of 135 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,075 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Wendell is $371,918. That's down 1.18% from a year earlier. That is about 19.9% above the typical county in North Carolina.
Homes in Wendell are cheaper than Wake County as a whole, where the median is $482,092 — a difference of about 22.9%.
Wendell police reported 135 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 16,281. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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