Myrtle Grove vs Wilmington

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

Myrtle Grove 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 12,404 in Myrtle Grove). Myrtle Grove has the higher median household income ($112,139 vs $63,900 in Wilmington). Myrtle Grove has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $350,300 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
Population	12,404	118,578
Median age	41.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,139	$63,900
Median home value	$398,600	$350,300
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,311
Housing units	4,995	61,188
Homeownership rate	82.8%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
Population	10,753 → 12,404 (+15.4%)	120,194 → 118,578 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$78,000 → $112,139 (+43.8%)	$47,580 → $63,900 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$280,500 → $398,600 (+42.1%)	$246,400 → $350,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,180 → $1,523 (+29.1%)	$998 → $1,311 (+31.4%)

Myrtle Grove

Population

10,75312,404

Median household income

$78,000$112,139

Median home value

$280,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,523

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)

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
Under 5	6.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	15.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.2%
75 and over	6.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	69.9%
Black or African American	5.1%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	15.1%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
Drove alone	74.1%	70.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.4%	17.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	89.2%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	17.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Grove	Wilmington
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1997	1988