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Wayne County, North Carolina: parcel data and property records

70,706 Wayne 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, year built and owner tenure.

70,706parcel records
99%with owner of record
$105,260median appraised value
19,524parcels marked vacant
3,233out-of-state owners

What the data covers

These bars show real field-by-field coverage for Wayne County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.

Owner of record99%
Assessed values100%
Recorded sales95%
Year built62%
Property address99%
Land or improvement value97%
Land use or property class99%
Mapped acreage99%
Zoning4%

Not held for Wayne County: deeded acreage. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.

Most recent recorded sale on file: 2026-10-06.

Areas covered

Parcel counts by place, largest first: Goldsboro (15,311), Mount Olive (2,783), Elroy (1,890), Mar-Mac (1,742), Brogden (1,324).

Recent sales

3,238 Wayne County parcels have a recorded sale dated since November 2025. Across 1,769 priced sales, with a deed recorded on several parcels counted once, the median price was $234,500 and the middle half sold between $111,500 and $307,000.

Land use mix

The most common land use or property class on file, as the county writes it, by share of parcels with one: 50 - Rural Single Family Residence 56%, 01 - Single Family Residential 21%, 02 - Mobile Home 13%, 10 - Commercial 3%, 51 - Modular Homes 1%.

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Search Wayne County parcels

The map is free to browse - parcel lines, boundaries, and location. Owner of record, assessed values, recorded sales, year built 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 Wayne County, North Carolina?

Parcelio carries 70,706 parcel records for Wayne County, North Carolina, with owner information on 99 percent of them.

Can I find out who owns a property in Wayne County?

Yes. Search by owner name, address, or parcel number to pull the record: owner of record and mailing address, assessed values, recorded sales, year built and lot lines on the map. Sale records here currently run through 2026-10-06.

How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in Wayne County?

The advanced search filters do it directly: Wayne County has 19,524 parcels marked vacant and 3,233 with an owner mailing address outside North Carolina - two of the most common starting points for investors sourcing off-market deals.

Can I search Wayne County by lot size or acreage?

Yes. Acreage is on 99 percent of Wayne 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.

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