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Wilmington, NC metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score
Every Wilmington, NC metro ZIP code (ZCTA) with a ZipVitals Score, ranked within the metro — descriptive of documented conditions, never a verdict on the people who live there.
Data release 202628 ZIP codes in this ranking
- 60128480in Wrightsville Beach · 2,776 residents69.96
- 2,32028449in Kure Beach · 2,131 residents64.25
- 2,87828465in Oak Island · 8,756 residents63.17
- 3,13028411in Wilmington · 37,233 residents62.69
- 3,19428409in Wilmington · 36,163 residents62.56
- 3,91328469in Ocean Isle Beach · 10,404 residents61.35
- 4,22428479in Winnabow · 6,581 residents60.86
- 4,61628468in Sunset Beach · 5,154 residents60.33
- 4,76028443in Hampstead · 28,416 residents60.14
- 4,83128461in Boiling Spring Lakes · 23,762 residents60.04
- 5,09628467in Carolina Shores · 13,313 residents59.68
- 6,43728428in Carolina Beach · 7,136 residents57.96
- 7,57228412in Wilmington · 44,166 residents56.68
- 8,67028403in Wilmington · 40,319 residents55.66
- 8,83128451in Leland · 46,933 residents55.53
- 10,66828405in Wilmington · 35,467 residents54.03
- 14,05828422in Bolivia · 10,059 residents51.55
- 14,59028470in Shallotte · 11,219 residents51.16
- 16,69728462in Holden Beach · 12,340 residents49.67
- 17,14628457in Rocky Point · 11,464 residents49.36
- 17,73128425in St. Helena · 11,380 residents48.96
- 19,73228452in Longwood · 1,152 residents47.35
- 20,78528429in Castle Hayne · 9,662 residents46.48
- 20,97628420in Ash · 2,658 residents46.31
- 22,41128478in Watha · 5,017 residents44.99
- 24,25328421in Atkinson · 2,010 residents43.13
- 24,67028435in Currie · 1,889 residents42.67
- 24,70528401in Wilmington · 22,007 residents42.63
How this ranking works
Ranks are each ZIP code’s position in the full national ZipVitals Score ranking, so the numbers jump — this metro holds 28 of the tens of thousands of scored US ZIP codes — and they never change with the sort direction; the rank a ZIP carries here is the rank it carries everywhere on this site. A ZIP whose data is too thin to score is held out entirely rather than filled from county or metro figures.
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A high score describes favorable documented conditions — never a claim about residents. Where ZIP codes score low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.