Kings Grant vs Wilmington

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Grant and Wilmington: population, income, housing, and more.

Kings Grant and Wilmington are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilmington has the higher population (118,578 vs 9,061 in Kings Grant). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($63,900 vs $60,009 in Kings Grant). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($350,300 vs $258,200 in Kings Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
Population	9,061	118,578
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,009	$63,900
Median home value	$258,200	$350,300
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,311
Housing units	4,324	61,188
Homeownership rate	64.7%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
Population	8,647 → 9,061 (+4.8%)	120,194 → 118,578 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$58,365 → $60,009 (+2.8%)	$47,580 → $63,900 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $258,200 (+48.4%)	$246,400 → $350,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,290 (+10.8%)	$998 → $1,311 (+31.4%)

Kings Grant

Population

8,6479,061

Median household income

$58,365$60,009

Median home value

$174,000$258,200

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,290

Wilmington

Population

120,194118,578

Median household income

$47,580$63,900

Median home value

$246,400$350,300

Median gross rent

$998$1,311

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	15.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.2%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	69.9%
Black or African American	8.9%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
No high school diploma	20.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
Drove alone	66.8%	70.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.7%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	73.2%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Kings Grant	Wilmington
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1980	1988