The median home value in Wilson, NC is $219,897 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$219,897
Year-over-Year
+0.55%
Population
47,825
Wilson ranks #87 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.1% below the state's city median of $310,273. It sits in Wilson County, where the county-wide median is $221,884.
Wilson police recorded a violent crime rate of 579 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,402 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 Wilson is $219,897. That's up 0.55% from a year earlier. That is about 29.1% below the typical county in North Carolina.
Homes in Wilson are cheaper than Wilson County as a whole, where the median is $221,884 — a difference of about 0.9%.
Wilson police reported 579 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 47,825. 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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