| Population |
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* % of City Growth = Population Growth + Annexation
**MSA includes New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick Counties. |
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| Property Tax Rate |
as of July 2010 |
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| City of Wilmington |
$ .37/$100 value |
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| Town of Carolina Beach |
$ .175/$100 value |
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| Town of Kure Beach |
$ .135/$100 value |
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| Town of Wrightsville Beach |
$ .08/$100 value |
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| New Hanover County |
$.4655/$100 value |
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| New Hanover County Fire District |
$.05/$100 value
(only in unincorporated areas) |
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| Average Maximum Temp. |
73.8 F |
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| Average Minimum Temp. |
52.9 F |
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| Number of Clear/Partly Cloudy Days |
215 |
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| Number of Days Over 90 F |
46 |
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| Number of Days Under 32 F |
42 |
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| Cost of Living |
3rd Quarter 2010 |
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| Wilmington Composite Index Weight |
98.5** |
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| Misc. Goods/Services |
100.4 |
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To see a comparison of Wilmington's cost of living versus other Southern cities, see Cost of Living under the Demographics & Statistics tab.
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**100=U.S. average (ACCRA Cost of Living Index) |
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| Brunswick County Schools (K-12) |
910 253-2900 |
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| Childrens Learning Center of Wilmington |
910 762-7735 |
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| Huntington Learning Center |
910 313-2636 |
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| Pender County Schools (K-12) |
910 259-2187 |
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| City of Wilmington (water) |
910 341-7806 |
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| Airline Services - Wilmington (ILM) | |
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| ASA, Delta Connection |
800 221-1212 |
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| Air Wilmington |
910 763-0146 |
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| Greyhound Bus Lines (bus) |
910 762-6625 |
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| CSX Transportation Corp. (rail) |
910 327-5405 |
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Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority (bus)
See bus schedules at www.wavetransit.com |
910 343-0106 |
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Arts & Culture
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Creative Cultural Council
www.gwaca.org
Creative Wilmington
www.creativewilmington.com
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts
www.thalianhall.org
WHQR 91.3 FM
Public Radio
343-1640
www.whqr.org
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