Pender County, North Carolina: parcel data and property records
55,001 Pender 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 Pender 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 Pender County: deeded acreage. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.
On fewer than 5 percent of Pender County parcels: year built.
Most recent recorded sale on file: 2026-05-26.
Areas covered
Parcel counts by place, largest first: Surf City (5,680), Hampstead (5,158), Burgaw (1,990), Topsail Beach (1,973), Rocky Point (955).
Recent sales
643 Pender County parcels have a recorded sale dated since November 2025. Across 385 priced sales, with a deed recorded on several parcels counted once, the median price was $390,000 and the middle half sold between $230,000 and $555,000.
Land use mix
The most common land use or property class on file, as the county writes it, by share of parcels with one: Residential 92%, Commercial 4%, Exempt 4%, Exempt (Government) 1%.
Nearest counties
- New Hanover County: about 23 mi away, 103,491 parcels
- Duplin County: about 29 mi away, 43,597 parcels
- Onslow County: about 30 mi away, 95,285 parcels
- Brunswick County: about 38 mi away, 169,160 parcels
- Bladen County: about 39 mi away, 33,070 parcels
Search Pender 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 Pender County, North Carolina?
Parcelio carries 55,001 parcel records for Pender County, North Carolina, with owner information on 99 percent of them.
Can I find out who owns a property in Pender 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 2026-05-26.
How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in Pender County?
The advanced search filters do it directly: Pender County has 17,200 parcels marked vacant and 5,355 with an owner mailing address outside North Carolina - two of the most common starting points for investors sourcing off-market deals.
Can I search Pender County by lot size or acreage?
Yes. Acreage is on 99 percent of Pender 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.