Wilmington, North Carolina housing market and home prices
Wilmington, North Carolina home prices: in September 2026 a typical Wilmington, North Carolina home was worth $416,464 on the Zillow Home Value Index, +0.2% compared with a year earlier and 0.9% below the March 2025 peak of $420,234.
- Value of a typical home
- $416,464September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +0.2%since September 2025
- Change over 10 years
- +93.6%. measured from September 2016.
Wilmington, North Carolina home prices since 2000
The grey line tracks the United States, while the steel line tracks Wilmington, North Carolina. A typical Wilmington, North Carolina home moved from $173,136 to $416,464 since May 2003, ×2.41, compared with ×2.38 for the US across the same months. The boom peaked in July 2007 at $255,921, then reached a low of $176,415 in August 2012, a −31.1% change.
By year, the median home price in Wilmington, North Carolina
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 shows the latest month.
| Year | Wilmington, North Carolina | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | $179,353 | $169,891 | |
| 2005 | $195,634 | +9.1% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $229,958 | +17.5% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $251,670 | +9.4% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $244,304 | −2.9% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $225,700 | −7.6% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $209,391 | −7.2% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $191,064 | −8.8% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $178,745 | −6.4% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $184,738 | +3.4% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $195,345 | +5.7% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $203,482 | +4.2% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $214,525 | +5.4% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $226,786 | +5.7% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $240,164 | +5.9% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $252,667 | +5.2% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $269,491 | +6.7% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $309,692 | +14.9% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $366,533 | +18.4% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $396,105 | +8.1% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $415,791 | +5.0% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $417,625 | +0.4% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $416,464 | +0.2% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Wilmington, North Carolina in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each yearly figure averages twelve monthly index values; the current value is September 2026. Other choices include a home appreciation calculator.
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Forecast for the Wilmington, North Carolina housing market
In the Wilmington, NC metro, Zillow's forecast points to +1.8% across the 12 months from September 2026, plus +0.6% over the next three months. Wilmington, North Carolina's typical value stands at $416,464, so that would land near $424,000 a year ahead.
Here the forecast repeats Zillow's central figure for the metro, and the site offers no forecast of its own. For a 12-month forecast of this kind, the realised change has typically been missed by several percentage points, either way. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts appear in one table: housing market forecast.
Crash risk score for the Wilmington, North Carolina housing market
56 of 100, on the high side
Across 292 cities, the score ranks Wilmington, North Carolina on five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls. Each input gets a score from 0 to 100 measured against the other cities, and the five scores are averaged with equal weight. Conditions now are what it describes; a crash is not something it predicts.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +9.5% | 58 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | −11.3% | 20 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 20.3 | 62 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 6.6 | 78 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +0.2% | 61 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How each input gets its score: scoring methodology. All 292 cities ranked: city crash risk rankings.
Wilmington, North Carolina inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Wilmington, NC metro area had 4,016 homes for sale, up 3.1% on a year earlier and up 9.5% versus the same month of 2019. Selling time ran to a median of 71 days (−11.3% against 2019), with a price cut on 22.1% of listings.
| Wilmington, NC metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 4,016 | +3.1% |
| New listings | 1,262 | |
| Median days on market | 71 | −2.7% |
| Median list price | $471,489 | −5.5% |
| Share with a price cut | 22.1% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. See every metro: days on market by city.
Cost of living in Wilmington, North Carolina
In Wilmington, North Carolina, the Zillow Observed Rent Index puts the typical asking rent at $1,713 a month, +4.8% on a year. A typical home works out to 20.3 years of that rent. Median household income comes to $63,165 (Census ACS 2024), which puts the typical home at 6.6 times a year's income. For the metro, BEA gives prices an index of 96.4, compared with a US average of 100, and gives housing costs an index of 93.2.
Salary needed to move there, plus rent and prices: cost of living in Wilmington, North Carolina.
More housing markets in North Carolina
- $389,648. Charlotte
- $424,663. Raleigh
- $260,573. Greensboro
- $384,724. Durham
- Winston-Salem market $260,047.
- Fayetteville, North Carolina $221,511
- $444,478. Asheville
- Chapel Hill $621,909
North Carolina housing market: the whole state.
How to read the chart
Every point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Wilmington, North Carolina: what a home typical of the market's middle third was worth, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider; the terracotta dot shows the latest month. These figures have no inflation adjustment. An index tracks the typical home rather than one particular house. To estimate a single home's value from its sale price, use the card above or the home appreciation calculator.