Porters Neck vs Wilmington

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

Porters Neck 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 7,102 in Porters Neck). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $63,900 in Wilmington). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $350,300 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
Population	7,102	118,578
Median age	52.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,417	$63,900
Median home value	$525,100	$350,300
Median gross rent	$1,591	$1,311
Housing units	3,415	61,188
Homeownership rate	79.3%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.5%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
Population	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)	120,194 → 118,578 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)	$47,580 → $63,900 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)	$246,400 → $350,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)	$998 → $1,311 (+31.4%)

Porters Neck

Population

7,5387,102

Median household income

$90,841$115,417

Median home value

$379,200$525,100

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,591

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)

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.2%
75 and over	22.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	69.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	11.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
Drove alone	59.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	33.3%	17.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	79.7%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	17.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Porters Neck	Wilmington
Poverty rate	2.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	2003	1988