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The median home value in Wilmington, NC is $421,733 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.48% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$421,733
Year-over-Year
-0.48%
Population
125,101
Wilmington ranks #28 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 36.2% above the state's city median of $309,616. It sits in New Hanover County, where the county-wide median is $451,113.
Median household income in Wilmington is $66,738, so the typical home value is about 6.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Wilmington police recorded a violent crime rate of 483 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,515 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Wilmington, that value is $421,733. That's down 0.48% from a year earlier. It is about 36.2% above the typical North Carolina city tracked here.
Homes in Wilmington are cheaper than New Hanover County as a whole, where the median is $451,113 — a difference of about 6.5%.
Median household income here is $66,738, so the typical home value is about 6.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Wilmington police reported 483 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 125,101. 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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