Murraysville vs Wilmington

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

Murraysville 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 17,307 in Murraysville). Murraysville has the higher median household income ($75,720 vs $63,900 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($350,300 vs $281,600 in Murraysville).

Population, income & housing

	Murraysville	Wilmington
Population	17,307	118,578
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,720	$63,900
Median home value	$281,600	$350,300
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,311
Housing units	7,601	61,188
Homeownership rate	76.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murraysville	Wilmington
Population	16,542 → 17,307 (+4.6%)	120,194 → 118,578 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$62,331 → $75,720 (+21.5%)	$47,580 → $63,900 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $281,600 (+46.4%)	$246,400 → $350,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,667 (+38.2%)	$998 → $1,311 (+31.4%)

Murraysville

Population

16,54217,307

Median household income

$62,331$75,720

Median home value

$192,300$281,600

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,667

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)

	Murraysville	Wilmington
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	12.9%	15.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.2%
75 and over	4.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murraysville	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	69.9%
Black or African American	9.4%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murraysville	Wilmington
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	15.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murraysville	Wilmington
Drove alone	82.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.6%	17.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murraysville	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	87.4%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	17.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Murraysville	Wilmington
Poverty rate	4.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	2000	1988