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Does Verizon 5G Home Internet give you a public IP?

Short answer: It depends on your line. Verizon doesn't publish whether residential 5G Home uses CGNAT. The gateway manuals document port forwarding (which only helps if your WAN IPv4 is public). Customer reports go both ways. A reserved static IP is a Verizon Business feature, not residential 5G Home.

Does it use CGNAT by default?

Sometimes / unknown officially. We found no Verizon consumer page that says "5G Home uses CGNAT" or "5G Home always gives a public IPv4."

What we do have:

Official (gateway features): Verizon's 5G Home Router user guide documents Port Forwarding and DMZ in the gateway UI. Those settings only accept inbound connections if the gateway's WAN IPv4 is globally reachable.
Customer reports: public IPv4 + working port forward. Multiple threads describe a WAN address that matches the public IP and working inbound rules (customer report, customer report).
Customer reports: CGNAT. Other customers ask how to leave CGNAT or see a shared-range WAN address so inbound IPv4 fails (customer report, customer report).

So the honest dataset answer is some: outcomes appear to vary by market or tower. Always check your own line. Full citations live on the Verizon 5G Home ISP page.

Official path to a public IPv4

Residential static IP: Not found. Verizon documents a static IP on Business Internet gateways. That is a business product, not residential 5G Home.
Residential free opt-out: No published SKU. Some customers say chat support can move them to a public dynamic IPv4; others say it doesn't work. Treat that as unverified and market-specific.

If your gateway already has a public WAN IPv4 that matches the checker, port forwarding in the gateway UI is the official mechanism described in Verizon's own router guide.

What about IPv6?

Not verified for residential 5G Home from a citable Verizon page yet. If the checker shows you a public IPv6, inbound over IPv6 may still work when both ends have IPv6. That doesn't fix inbound IPv4 behind CGNAT.

How to confirm on your line

Open the gateway status page and note the WAN / Internet IPv4.
Run the CGNAT checker and compare.
Same address = public IPv4 on that line. Address in 100.64.0.0/10 or a mismatch = CGNAT or another carrier NAT. See how to tell and the 100.64.0.0/10 explainer.

More detail and sources: Does Verizon 5G Home Internet use CGNAT?

This site sticks to ISP facts. It doesn't review or recommend third-party products or services. Policies change; check the linked Verizon pages before you rely on them.