28480
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, NC · Wilmington, NC metro · population 2,776
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$5,980 (+186%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $160,223 +10%
- $1,591,494$1,751,717 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $520,609 +42%
- $1,231,108$1,751,717 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- 28480$9,194
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in zip 28480 rose 10.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Wrightsville Beach, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 28480
Against the Wilmington, NC metro and the national benchmark.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Typical home value — 28480
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 28480$1,751,717
- Wilmington$443,118
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 28403 | Wilmington | 40,319 | $1,715 | $392,554 |
| 5.1 | 28405 | Wilmington | 35,467 | $1,735 | $373,114 |
| 5.8 | 28409 | Wilmington | 36,163 | $2,201 | $510,348 |
| 5.9 | 28411 | Wilmington | 37,233 | $1,864 | $465,558 |
| 9.0 | 28412 | Wilmington | 44,166 | $1,562 | $391,083 |
| 10.4 | 28429 | Castle Hayne | 9,662 | $1,781 | $367,923 |
| 11.0 | 28401 | Wilmington | 22,007 | $1,741 | $326,327 |
| 13.8 | 28428 | Carolina Beach | 7,136 | $2,325 | $601,649 |
| 14.9 | 28479 | Winnabow | 6,581 | $2,158 | $361,508 |
| 17.0 | 28457 | Rocky Point | 11,464 | — | $373,111 |
| 17.8 | 28449 | Kure Beach | 2,131 | — | $746,152 |
| 18.1 | 28451 | Leland | 46,933 | $1,658 | $374,443 |
| 18.4 | 28443 | Hampstead | 28,416 | $1,982 | $493,401 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.