Water damage guides for Wilmington
Read before you call: Wilmington prices, cover, first steps, floods and frozen pipes.
Paid flood insurance claims in Wilmington's ZIP codes averaged $26,731 for the building from 2016 to 2025.
- Calls answered 24/7
- Written estimate before work starts
- Water removal, drying and repair
Your call, step by step
Call (833) 728-2327
Say what is wet, where the water came from and whether it is still running. The call is answered any hour.
Stop the source
If water is still coming in, you are walked through the shutoff valve or the breaker first.
Inspection and written estimate
The crew checks the water category, measures moisture in walls and floors, photographs the damage and writes the estimate before work starts.
Written for homes across the Wilmington area and its towns.
About 53% of households in Wilmington rent. The building is usually the owner's to repair, so a tenant should tell the landlord about a leak right away.
Water damage guides for Wilmington homes
Each guide uses the Wilmington area's own figures.
water damage cost guide around Wilmington
Price ranges, cost drivers and estimate checks for Wilmington homes.
guide to insurance and water damage around Wilmington
Which kinds of water damage insurance usually pays for in Wilmington, and how to document a claim.
guide to the first hour after water damage around Wilmington
The first hour after a leak or flood in Wilmington: what to shut off, what to photograph and what to move.
guide to flood and storm water risk for Wilmington
Flood risk, flood insurance claims and storm water in Wilmington, from FEMA and NOAA figures.
guide to burst and frozen pipes for Wilmington
Why pipes burst in Wilmington homes, what freezing nights and older plumbing mean, and what to do first.
Wilmington at a glance
- In Wilmington, 32% of homes are apartments or condos in buildings of five units or more.
- Federal flood insurance claims in Wilmington's ZIP codes came to 10.5 per 1,000 homes from 2016 to 2025, against 19.2 across New Hanover County.
- 38% of homes in Wilmington were built before 1980.
The figures behind the Wilmington guides
Wilmington figures: about 118,578 residents in the city, by the Census.
15% of homes in Wilmington were built before 1950.
For every $100,000 of buildings in Wilmington's ZIP codes, FEMA's model expects about $80 a year in inland flood damage, compared with $88 across North Carolina.
- 61,188 Housing units
- 118,578 Residents
- 53% Homes that are rentedNew Hanover County: 39%
- 32% Homes in buildings with 5 or more unitsNew Hanover County: 23%
- 10.5 Flood insurance claims per 1,000 homes, 2016 to 2025New Hanover County: 19.2
- 38% Homes built before 1980New Hanover County: 31%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-year estimates; FEMA OpenFEMA, FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, claims from 2016 to 2025 (not endorsed by FEMA); FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Residential Penetration Rates v1 (not endorsed by FEMA); FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, December 2025 (not endorsed by FEMA); NOAA NCEI, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, nearest weather station; FEMA OpenFEMA, Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 (not endorsed by FEMA); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 2016 to 2025.
Water damage in Wilmington? Call (833) 728-2327
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