Ogden vs Wilmington

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

Ogden 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 8,363 in Ogden). Ogden has the higher median household income ($111,461 vs $63,900 in Wilmington). Ogden has the higher median home value ($431,000 vs $350,300 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Ogden	Wilmington
Population	8,363	118,578
Median age	45.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,461	$63,900
Median home value	$431,000	$350,300
Median gross rent	$2,143	$1,311
Housing units	3,422	61,188
Homeownership rate	88.6%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogden	Wilmington
Population	8,408 → 8,363 (-0.5%)	120,194 → 118,578 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$95,425 → $111,461 (+16.8%)	$47,580 → $63,900 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $431,000 (+30.1%)	$246,400 → $350,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $2,143 (+88.0%)	$998 → $1,311 (+31.4%)

Ogden

Population

8,4088,363

Median household income

$95,425$111,461

Median home value

$331,300$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$2,143

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)

	Ogden	Wilmington
Under 5	8.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	15.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.2%
75 and over	6.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogden	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	69.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogden	Wilmington
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	14.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogden	Wilmington
Drove alone	66.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	25.0%	17.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogden	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	94.3%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Ogden	Wilmington
Poverty rate	3.7%	16.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1994	1988