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Murraysville, North Carolina.

A community in New Hanover County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see New Hanover County’s.

Living in Murraysville, New Hanover County, North Carolina

Murraysville, in New Hanover County, had 16,582 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $81,167 a year and half less, against $75,166 across New Hanover County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in New Hanover County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 16,582 in the 2020 census; median age 38.7
Household income $81,167 the median, give or take $12,025 · New Hanover County: $75,166
Unemployment 3.3% New Hanover County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented
  • 7,324households
  • 46%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades8%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. New Hanover County had 131,696 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 57° and 36°; warmest in July, 90° and 73° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 57° 36° F M A M J J 90° 73° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 57° and 36°; warmest in July, 90° and 73° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 57° 36° F M A M J J 90° 73° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 73°. About 1 inches of snow and 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wilmington International Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in New Hanover County

  1. New Hanover Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital5,596FTE
  2. New Hanover County SchoolsSchool district3,459FTE
  3. University of North Carolina WilmingtonUniversity or college2,681
  4. GE Hitachi Nuclear AmericasNuclear fuels, inorganic, manufacturing2,596
  5. New Hanover County GovernmentBoards of supervisors, county and local2,070
  6. Cape Fear Community CollegeTwo-year college1,489
  7. CorningIndustrial glassware and glass products, pressed or blown, made in glass making plants1,030
  8. Novant Health New Hanover Orthopedic HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals590

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 221 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 30,759 people in all across the county; Murraysville has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. TornadoesRelatively high
  5. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  6. WildfireRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Murraysville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 New Hanover County.