North Wilmington
North Wilmington is the part of town that doesn't try to charm you. It just sits there between Market Street and the airport, holding the chain restaurants, the dental offices, and the apartment complexes where people actually live when they work in Wilmington rather than vacation here. Mayfaire pulls the retail gravity, the I-140 bypass pulls the commuters, and the housing stock skews newer because most of it wasn't here twenty years ago. The tradeoff is honest: you get garages, grocery proximity, and a shorter drive to ILM, and you give up the live oaks and the walk-to-coffee fantasy the historic district sells downtown.
North Wilmington by the numbers
North Wilmington runs male-heavy, about 53% men to 47% women.
Median individual income in North Wilmington is about $40,300.
North Carolina registers voters by party, and New Hanover County is about 44% Unaffiliated, with Republicans (29%) narrowly ahead of Democrats (26%) - a purple coastal swing county led by independents.
The median renter in North Wilmington pays about $1,440 a month.
About 7,800 North Wilmington residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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JohnnyLukes KitchenBar
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Front Street Brewery
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Bitty & Beau's Coffee
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Ten Pin Alley
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Satellite Bar and Lounge
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Prost Biergarten
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True Blue Butcher and Barrel
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Seven Mile Post
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Noni Bacca Winery
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The Eagle's Dare
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The Cardinal Restaurant
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Voyce Bistro
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It’s Coffee Time Wilmington
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Social Coffee and Supply Co.