Atkinson, North Carolina.
Typical home $219,493 (+1.9% in a year). Wilmington, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$627 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,176 +2%
- $215,317$219,493 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $34,487 +19%
- $185,006$219,493 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.
- Atkinson$1,152
- North Carolina$1,743
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Atkinson, NC rose 1.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Atkinson, Pender County, North Carolina
Atkinson is a town of 296 people in Pender County. Unemployment in Pender County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 9.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pender County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Atkinson is a very small town in Pender County, where neighbors tend to know one another. Winters are mild, with the coldest days in January staying cool but seldom severe, and summers are hot, with July the warmest month. Homes here cost less than in many parts of the country, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical nationally.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, and in professional and business services. Across Pender County, some of the largest workplaces are Pender County Schools, Pender County Government and GAF, a roofing manufacturer. The county has added jobs over the past year, and commutes are fairly long, since many people travel some distance to reach their work.
Things to do. A short drive away is Moores Creek National Battlefield, a historic site that is the best known place nearby. A longer drive brings you to Singletary Lake State Park and its lake, a protected area with water for a quiet day outdoors. Farther afield, Cameron Art Museum offers a museum visit and Airlie Gardens a botanical garden, both a longer drive away.
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- 12%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Pender County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pender County had 16,071 jobs in 2025, 9.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 71°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Moores Creek Nb weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pender County
- Pender County SchoolsSchool district1,188FTE
- Pender County GovernmentPersonnel offices, government641
- GAFRoofing, sheet metal, manufacturing240
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.Supermarkets and other grocery stores169
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters167
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter163
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores147
- Pender Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital119FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 31 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,034 people in all across the county; Atkinson has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Atkinson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Pender County and the Wilmington, NC metro.
Atkinson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Atkinson$219,493
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Atkinson5
Zip codes with a Atkinson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Atkinson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.