Skip to content
Cost & Benefits

New Bern vs Wilmington

Simple answer

You'd likely save $314 a month in New Bern.

Typical rent is $1,395 in Wilmington and $1,081 in New Bern. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

New Bern

North Carolina

Typical rent
$1,081
Typical pay
$61,031 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,246
Price index
94.3 (state)

Wilmington

North Carolina

Typical rent
$1,395
Typical pay
$66,738 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,705
Price index
96.4 (metro)

Benefits after a move

New Bern and Wilmington are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.