Housing mix
Wilmington, NC housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Wilmington, NC.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Wilmington, NC's current ACS housing baseline includes 62,836 total housing units, 56,612 occupied units, and 6,224 vacant units. For borrower planning, those counts can help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 6,224 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. Reading 62,836 total units with 56,612 occupied and 6,224 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
A grounded Wilmington, NC comparison starts with current listings and lease offers, then uses the ACS evidence to check whether the sample is being interpreted in the context of 62,836 total units, a vacancy share of 9.9%, and an owner share of 47.6%. For renting, replace the $1,395 median with the actual lease, utilities, deposits, and expected changes. For ownership, keep the 47.6% share as market context while adding the selected property's price, taxes, insurance, maintenance, association obligations, loan disclosures, and cash-to-close. For the decision at hand, the resulting worksheet will not turn 52.4% or 47.6% into a recommendation, but it will keep the two paths comparable and make the remaining assumptions visible before a decision.