Wilmington Building Permit Report Card
NC
B
Score: 78/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate96.2% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-2.8 pp (30% weight)
271,432
Total Permits
10,443
Open Permits
96.2%
Closure Rate
5,120
Stalled 5+ Years
Wilmington's closure rate is 19.1 percentage points above the 77.1% average across all tracked cities.
How This Grade Is Calculated
The score combines closure rate (70% weight) and year-over-year trend (30% weight). Closure rate measures the percentage of rate-eligible permits (those older than one year) that have been closed. Trend measures the change in closure rate compared to the prior year, clamped to +/- 10 percentage points.
Grade scale: A (90+), B (75-89), C (60-74), D (40-59), F (below 40).