Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) in Wilmington, NC

Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) in Wilmington, NC was $49,405 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 7.3% from 2023. That is the 25th highest of 93 cities in 2024.

2024, USD49,405

Change on 2023+7.3%

Rank25th of 93Cities in North Carolina ranked

Series high49,4052024

Series low38,8902021

Next release: Friday, 29 January 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) in Wilmington, NC, 2021 to 2024

USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.

All 4 values

Period	USD
2024	49,405
2023	46,062
2022	42,750
2021	38,890

Compared with North Carolina and United States

Place	2024
Wilmington, NC	49,405
North Carolina	41,385
United States	44,673

Rankings

Definition

Total money income received in the past 12 months by people aged 15 and over, divided by the total population, including children, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Survey-reported money income before taxes. Lower than BEA per_capita_personal_income, which also counts employer contributions, imputed income and government transfers in kind.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate), Wilmington, NC, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate), Wilmington, NC, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-income-acs/wilmington-nc. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate), Wilmington, NC, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-income-acs/wilmington-nc.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate), Wilmington, NC, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-income-acs/wilmington-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_per_capita_income_us_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate), Wilmington, NC, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-income-acs/wilmington-nc. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19301.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) in Wilmington, NC?

Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) in Wilmington, NC was $49,405 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 7.3% from 2023. That is the 25th highest of 93 cities in 2024.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19301: per capita income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars of the final year, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) in Wilmington, NC?

$49,405 in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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