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Cheapest ZIPs in New Hanover County, NC

No ZIP in New Hanover County, NCclears the HavenScore: 60 quality floor this month — in high-cost counties, low prices and strong scores rarely overlap. Below is the affordable end anyway: the county’s most affordable scored ZIPs, ranked by median home value with each ZIP’s score shown. Refreshed October 2026.

  1. 1
    28401
    Wilmington, NC
    $330,529
    HavenScore: 51
  2. 2
    28429
    Castle Hayne, NC
    $369,497
    HavenScore: 54
  3. 3
    28405
    Wilmington, NC
    $375,126
    HavenScore: 56
  4. 4
    28412
    Wilmington, NC
    $393,240
    HavenScore: 53
  5. 5
    28403
    Wilmington, NC
    $397,870
    HavenScore: 50
  6. 6
    28411
    Wilmington, NC
    $467,517
    HavenScore: 55
  7. 7
    28409
    Wilmington, NC
    $513,664
    HavenScore: 59
  8. 8
    28428
    Carolina Beach, NC
    $601,356
    HavenScore: 53
  9. 9
    28449
    Kure Beach, NC
    $755,480
    HavenScore: 51
  10. 10
    28480
    Wrightsville Beach, NC
    $1,753,687
    HavenScore: 54

New Hanover County against North Carolina

The middle scored ZIP in each: 10 ZIPs in New Hanover County, 719 in North Carolina. HavenScore, scored October 1, 2026. Typical home value: Zillow, August 2026.

FigureNew Hanover CountyNorth Carolina
Typical home value, Zillow$433K$288K
HavenScore5453

Every scored ZIP in New Hanover County, NC

All 10 scored ZIPs, A to Z by city. The list above ranks only the cheapest. HavenScore, scored October 1, 2026. Typical home value: Zillow, August 2026.

Each row: ZIP, city, HavenScore (0–100), typical home value (Zillow).

Cities in New Hanover County

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Frequently asked questions

Why doesn't this list use the usual quality floor?
Cheapest-ZIPs lists normally include only ZIPs with HavenScore: 60 or above. No ZIP in New Hanover County, NC clears that floor this month, so this page shows the county's most affordable scored ZIPs instead — with each ZIP's HavenScore shown, so the trade-off stays visible.
How is "most affordable" measured here?
ZIPs are ranked by median home value from lowest to highest across every scored ZIP in New Hanover County, NC. Because no ZIP clears the quality floor this month, no score filter is applied to this list.
How often is this list updated?
This page refreshes monthly when our pipeline ingests new data from Zillow, Realtor, Redfin, and Census.