Wilmington, NC home values, income, and owner costs

The published evidence provides the starting point: In Wilmington, NC, the 2024 ACS reports a median owner-occupied home value of $383,800, median household income of $66,738, and median selected monthly owner costs of $2,020 for owners with a mortgage. In practical terms, together, those three reference points can help a borrower identify which search-price, income, and recurring-cost assumptions need current verification first. They remain separate medians, not the finances of one representative household, and the $2,020 measure combines recurring ownership expenses rather than real estate taxes alone. For the decision at hand, a useful affordability review starts with $383,800, $66,738, and $2,020, then replaces them with the borrower's documented income, cash, debts, property taxes, insurance, association charges, loan terms, and intended occupancy.

Wilmington, NC's $383,800 median home-value estimate is above the statewide $288,900 estimate, with a reported city-to-state gap of 32.8%. In practical terms, that 32.8% gap is useful for showing that a statewide midpoint may be a poor substitute for a local search range in Wilmington, NC. It does not mean every local property is 32.8% away from a comparable property elsewhere in the state, because the medians reflect different housing mixes and geographies. For the decision at hand, a borrower may use $383,800 and $288,900 to decide which assumptions need local replacement first, then compare actual properties and current financing disclosures on the same basis.