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The median home value in New Hanover County, NC is $451,113 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.05% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$451,113
Year-over-Year
-0.05%
National Rank
#302 of 3071
New Hanover County ranks 12th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +92.5% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making New Hanover County +64.6% above the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $75,166 a year against a typical home value of $451,113 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.0×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 93% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in New Hanover County recorded a violent crime rate of 470 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,432 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 134,423 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in New Hanover County is $451,113. That's down 0.05% from a year earlier. That is about 92.5% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes New Hanover County the 12th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $75,166, so a typical home costs about 6.0× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in New Hanover County recorded 470 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 134,423 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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