What is the median home value in Wanchese, NC?

Name: Home values in Wanchese, NC, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Wanchese, NC is $311,800 (±$64,008), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Wanchese, the median home value went from $218,500 in 2015–2019 to $311,800 in 2020–2024 (+42.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $311,800 (±$64,008)
Owner-occupied homes: 504 (±131)
Most common range: $300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Wanchese

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Wanchese	Dare County	North Carolina	United States
Less than $50,000	1.6% (±1.9 points)	2.7%	5.9%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	1.4% (±2.3 points)	1.8%	6.8%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±8.1 points)	0.7%	8.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	9.1% (±5.8 points)	2.0%	10.6%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	33.5% (±12.4 points)	12.5%	20.5%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	44.6% (±16.0 points)	38.2%	28.3%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	9.7% (±6.8 points)	35.5%	16.3%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±8.1 points)	6.6%	3.3%	7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 44.6% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Wanchese against Dare County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Wanchese	Dare County	North Carolina	United States
Median home value	$311,800 (±$64,008)	$460,400 (±$16,420)	$288,900 (±$1,086)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	504 (±131)	13,202 (±568)	2,853,493 (±14,473)	84,210,142

In Wanchese, the median home value is lower than in Dare County ($460,400).

It is not measurably different from North Carolina ($288,900).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($332,700).

In Dare County, Wanchese ranks 8 of 8 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 177 of 647.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Wanchese have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$218,500 (±$20,563)	$311,800 (±$64,008)	+42.7%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,328 (±$551)	$1,755 (±$465)	+32.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,057 (±$186)	$1,371 (±$245)	+29.7%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Wanchese

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Wanchese
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Wanchese	—	$311,800 (±$64,008)	—
Manteo	4.1 mi	$444,400 (±$105,149)	Higher
Nags Head	7.5 mi	$490,800 (±$81,751)	Higher
Kill Devil Hills	12 mi	$442,200 (±$28,842)	Higher
Kitty Hawk	16 mi	$535,000 (±$54,804)	Higher
Southern Shores	20 mi	$712,300 (±$63,478)	Higher
Duck	25 mi	$767,500 (±$145,948)	Higher
Grandy	30 mi	$306,000 (±$30,146)	Not measurably different
Columbia	34 mi	$120,000 (±$54,523)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Columbia, NC ($120,000).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Manteo, NC ($444,400), Nags Head, NC ($490,800), Kill Devil Hills, NC ($442,200).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Dare County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
2	Southern Shores	$712,300 (±$63,478)
3	Kitty Hawk	$535,000 (±$54,804)
4	Nags Head	$490,800 (±$81,751)
5	Manteo	$444,400 (±$105,149)
6	Kill Devil Hills	$442,200 (±$28,842)
7	Buxton	$409,900 (±$98,358)
8	Wanchese	$311,800 (±$64,008)

Showing 7 of 8 places in Dare County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Wanchese is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Wanchese

What is the average home value in Wanchese, NC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $311,800 (±$64,008) for owner-occupied homes in Wanchese (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Wanchese gone up?

In Wanchese, the median home value went from $218,500 in 2015–2019 to $311,800 in 2020–2024 (+42.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Wanchese sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Wanchese CDP, North Carolina (place:70920, in state:37).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.