The median owner-occupied home in New Hanover County had a real-estate tax bill of $2,075 (± $63) a year, compared with $1,815 in North Carolina and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $353,700 (± $6,528), compared with $259,400 in North Carolina and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | New Hanover County | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 231,214 | 10,584,340 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $2,075 ± $63 | $1,815 ± $9 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $353,700 ± $6,528 | $259,400 ± $931 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $72,892 ± $1,510 | $69,904 ± $346 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.59% ± 0.02 points | 0.70% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 60.7% ± 1.1 points | 66.4% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 34.7% ± 1.2 points | 32.7% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 22.3% ± 1.6 points | 19.0% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in New Hanover County (4)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in New Hanover County (14)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Bayshore
- Blue Clay Farms
- Castle Hayne
- Hightsville
- Kings Grant
- Murraysville
- Myrtle Grove
- Northchase
- Ogden
- Porters Neck
- Sea Breeze
- Silver Lake
- Skippers Corner
- Wrightsboro
Other named communities in New Hanover County (63)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Airlie
- Alandale
- Arrowhead
- Barclay Hills
- Bradley Creek East Estates
- Bradley Creek Point
- Bradley Park
- Brandywine
- Brookfield
- Cavalier Woods
- Channel Acres
- College Acres
- Council Heights
- Delgado
- Devon Park
- Echo Farms
- Edgewater Estates
- Fairlawn
- Falcon Point
- Forest Hills
- Glen Meade
- Greenbriar
- Greystone Estates
- Hanby Beach
- Kirkland
- Lake Forest
- Lincoln Forest
- Lions Gate
- Long Leaf Acres
- Love Grove
- Marquis Hills
- Masonboro
- Millbrook
- Myrtle Grove Junction
- Myrtle Sound
- Oakcrest
- Ocean View
- Parmele Isles
- Pine Valley Estates
- Piney Woods
- Port-O-Pines Estates
- Princess Place
- Queens Point
- Seagate
- Sedgefield
- Seitter Acres
- Sheephead Rock
- Shell Bank
- Shell Island
- Shore Acres
- Smith Creek
- South Oleander
- Stoneybrook
- Sunset Park
- Tanglewood
- Treasure Cove
- Walnut Hills
- Westwood Heights
- Wilmington Beach
- Windemere
- Winter Park
- Wrightsboro Acres
- Wrightsville