Best In North Carolina Real Estate™: Wilmington

Carolina Beach leads North Carolina in home affordability relative to income—measured by a 6.0x Home Value to Income Ratio. This means the median home costs 6 years of median household income, the highest in the state. The data comes from ALEX Intelligence’s 2026 analysis of the Wilmington market. How is your market faring? The full ranking is available here: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-29-wilmington-value-to-income-place-mkt Home Value to Income Ratio, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Census Bureau 2024) #1 Carolina Beach — 6.0x #2 Wilmington — 5.8x #3 St. James — 5.5x #4 Northchase — 5.4x #5 Oak Island — 5.3x #6 Kings Grant — 4.8x #7 Porters Neck — 4.7x #8 Boiling Spring Lakes — 4.7x #9 Hampstead — 4.4x #10 Leland — 4.3x Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: Idawriter (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=53837069; Slide 2: Idawriter (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=53850405; Slide 3: Idawriter (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=53850520; Slide 4: Donald Lee Pardue (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=138736840 Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-29-wilmington-value-to-income-place-mkt View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request. Real Estate Strategy & Intelligence Leader. Democratized Blue Ocean Strategist & Operator. Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al. Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB [email protected] · +1 713.591.9902