How the Wilmington, NC metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Wilmington, NC metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202628 of 28 ZIP codes scored · 0.45M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Wilmington, NC metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 28 of 28- 60328480in Wrightsville Beach · 2,776 residents69.95
- 2,32228449in Kure Beach · 2,131 residents64.24
- 2,88328465in Oak Island · 8,756 residents63.16
- 3,14028411in Wilmington · 37,233 residents62.68
- 3,20028409in Wilmington · 36,163 residents62.55
- 3,91628469in Ocean Isle Beach · 10,404 residents61.34
- 4,22928479in Winnabow · 6,581 residents60.85
- 4,61828468in Sunset Beach · 5,154 residents60.32
- 4,76028443in Hampstead · 28,416 residents60.13
- 4,83828461in Boiling Spring Lakes · 23,762 residents60.04
- 5,10228467in Carolina Shores · 13,313 residents59.68
- 6,44028428in Carolina Beach · 7,136 residents57.95
- 7,57328412in Wilmington · 44,166 residents56.68
- 8,68028403in Wilmington · 40,319 residents55.65
- 8,83628451in Leland · 46,933 residents55.52
- 10,67528405in Wilmington · 35,467 residents54.02
- 14,05628422in Bolivia · 10,059 residents51.55
- 14,59728470in Shallotte · 11,219 residents51.16
- 16,69828462in Holden Beach · 12,340 residents49.67
- 17,21628457in Rocky Point · 11,464 residents49.31
- 17,72828425in St. Helena · 11,380 residents48.96
- 19,72528452in Longwood · 1,152 residents47.35
- 20,79328429in Castle Hayne · 9,662 residents46.48
- 20,97528420in Ash · 2,658 residents46.31
- 22,40828478in Watha · 5,017 residents44.99
- 24,25428421in Atkinson · 2,010 residents43.13
- 24,67228435in Currie · 1,889 residents42.67
- 24,71228401in Wilmington · 22,007 residents42.62
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 28 of 28- 24,71228401in Wilmington · 22,007 residents42.62
- 24,67228435in Currie · 1,889 residents42.67
- 24,25428421in Atkinson · 2,010 residents43.13
- 22,40828478in Watha · 5,017 residents44.99
- 20,97528420in Ash · 2,658 residents46.31
- 20,79328429in Castle Hayne · 9,662 residents46.48
- 19,72528452in Longwood · 1,152 residents47.35
- 17,72828425in St. Helena · 11,380 residents48.96
- 17,21628457in Rocky Point · 11,464 residents49.31
- 16,69828462in Holden Beach · 12,340 residents49.67
- 14,59728470in Shallotte · 11,219 residents51.16
- 14,05628422in Bolivia · 10,059 residents51.55
- 10,67528405in Wilmington · 35,467 residents54.02
- 8,83628451in Leland · 46,933 residents55.52
- 8,68028403in Wilmington · 40,319 residents55.65
- 7,57328412in Wilmington · 44,166 residents56.68
- 6,44028428in Carolina Beach · 7,136 residents57.95
- 5,10228467in Carolina Shores · 13,313 residents59.68
- 4,83828461in Boiling Spring Lakes · 23,762 residents60.04
- 4,76028443in Hampstead · 28,416 residents60.13
- 4,61828468in Sunset Beach · 5,154 residents60.32
- 4,22928479in Winnabow · 6,581 residents60.85
- 3,91628469in Ocean Isle Beach · 10,404 residents61.34
- 3,20028409in Wilmington · 36,163 residents62.55
- 3,14028411in Wilmington · 37,233 residents62.68
- 2,88328465in Oak Island · 8,756 residents63.16
- 2,32228449in Kure Beach · 2,131 residents64.24
- 60328480in Wrightsville Beach · 2,776 residents69.95
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Wilmington, NC metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
6 of 28 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 28403 Wilmington28411 Wilmington28480 Wrightsville Beach
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 28401 Wilmington28425 St. Helena28461 Boiling Spring Lakes
Standing highest: 28409 Wilmington28411 Wilmington28480 Wrightsville Beach
Standing highest: 28403 Wilmington28405 Wilmington28478 Watha
Standing highest: 28449 Kure Beach28467 Carolina Shores28468 Sunset Beach
Standing highest: 28467 Carolina Shores28468 Sunset Beach28469 Ocean Isle Beach
Standing highest: 28449 Kure Beach28467 Carolina Shores28468 Sunset Beach
Standing highest: 28449 Kure Beach28468 Sunset Beach28480 Wrightsville Beach
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 28 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 449,567 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Wilmington, NC figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.