housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in New Hanover County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,417 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,343 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,249 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,133 | ± $20 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $387,800 | ± $7,095 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $353,700 | ± $6,528 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $320,000 | ± $8,634 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $277,900 | ± $5,306 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.0 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.9 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.7 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.4 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in New Hanover County is $1,417, above the North Carolina median of $886 across 100 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.