New Hanover County, North Carolina: parcel data and property records
103,489 New Hanover County parcels on one searchable map: owner of record and mailing address, assessed and appraised values and recorded sales, plus lot boundaries and location. Screen by vacancy, absentee ownership, acreage and owner tenure.
What the data covers
These bars show real field-by-field coverage for New Hanover County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.
Not held for New Hanover County: year built and deeded acreage. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.
Most recent recorded sale on file: 2026-09-01.
Areas covered
Parcel counts by place, largest first: Wilmington (86,130), Castle Hayne (5,584), Carolina Beach (5,337), Kure Beach (2,204), Wrightsville Beach (1,822).
Search New Hanover County parcels
The map is free to browse - parcel lines, boundaries, and location. Owner of record, assessed values, recorded sales and the full parcel report come with a plan that costs less than one hour of a title runner's time.
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Common questions
How many parcels are in New Hanover County, North Carolina?
JB PARCEL carries 103,489 parcel records for New Hanover County, North Carolina, with owner information on 99 percent of them.
Can I find out who owns a property in New Hanover County?
Yes. Search by owner name, address, or parcel number to pull the record: owner of record and mailing address, assessed values, recorded sales and lot lines on the map. Sale records here currently run through 2026-09-01.
How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in New Hanover County?
The advanced search filters do it directly: New Hanover County has 13,364 parcels marked vacant and 7,215 with an owner mailing address outside North Carolina - two of the most common starting points for investors sourcing off-market deals.
Can I search New Hanover County by lot size or acreage?
Yes. Acreage is on 100 percent of New Hanover County parcels, mapped from the parcel boundary, and the advanced search filters on it directly - set a minimum and maximum to pull every tract in that range, then stack vacancy or absentee ownership on top.