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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Home Values in North Carolina

Median owner-occupied home value by county, from the American Community Survey. These are self-reported owner estimates rather than sale prices, which is the measure the Census publishes consistently for every county.

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North Carolina ranked

#County Median homeMonthly to ownEffective rate
1 Orange County $428,500$3,3640.958%
2 Dare County $425,400$3,1890.528%
3 Wake County $422,800$3,2370.715%
4 Chatham County $397,800$3,0440.671%
5 Union County $374,400$2,8600.614%
6 Mecklenburg County $371,200$2,8790.749%
7 Buncombe County $360,000$2,7550.601%
8 New Hanover County $353,700$2,7060.587%
9 Durham County $351,700$2,7660.839%
10 Currituck County $351,200$2,6500.456%
11 Transylvania County $336,100$2,5460.458%
12 Watauga County $321,500$2,4340.415%
13 Cabarrus County $318,600$2,5060.762%
14 Henderson County $317,800$2,4380.525%
15 Moore County $315,300$2,4310.566%
16 Brunswick County $314,700$2,4270.568%
17 Carteret County $304,200$2,3240.450%
18 Iredell County $292,300$2,2860.631%
19 Camden County $289,800$2,2640.616%
20 Polk County $281,100$2,1940.579%
21 Lincoln County $279,500$2,1870.594%
22 Johnston County $267,600$2,1240.688%
23 Pender County $267,100$2,1220.696%
24 Madison County $263,500$2,0530.496%
25 Clay County $263,300$2,0410.451%
26 Haywood County $254,900$2,0150.601%
27 Jackson County $253,900$1,9590.369%
28 Franklin County $240,900$1,9400.719%
29 Granville County $235,700$1,9030.719%
30 Davie County $235,300$1,8900.667%
31 Gaston County $235,000$1,9140.797%
32 Guilford County $234,900$1,9300.883%
33 Avery County $233,200$1,8260.414%
34 Macon County $229,000$1,8000.428%
35 Forsyth County $227,800$1,8720.849%
36 Pasquotank County $223,300$1,8100.693%
37 Yancey County $222,300$1,7630.476%
38 Ashe County $221,900$1,7670.512%
39 Alamance County $221,200$1,7870.651%
40 Harnett County $220,700$1,8010.744%
41 Onslow County $219,500$1,7750.652%
42 Catawba County $218,100$1,7570.605%
43 Rowan County $216,100$1,7520.653%
44 Stanly County $214,300$1,7330.622%
45 Lee County $213,800$1,7610.798%
46 Perquimans County $211,600$1,7140.622%
47 Pamlico County $209,800$1,6980.599%
48 Swain County $209,800$1,6630.402%
49 Cherokee County $208,700$1,6730.501%
50 Craven County $206,200$1,6840.665%
51 Chowan County $204,400$1,6740.686%
52 Mitchell County $202,100$1,6270.502%
53 Davidson County $200,100$1,6350.631%
54 Alleghany County $199,000$1,6220.604%
55 Hoke County $196,000$1,6160.692%
56 Pitt County $194,300$1,6290.849%
57 Person County $192,800$1,5890.668%
58 Alexander County $190,000$1,5630.631%
59 Stokes County $186,800$1,5390.620%
60 Cumberland County $183,700$1,5740.992%
61 Beaufort County $181,200$1,5120.705%
62 Rutherford County $180,800$1,4910.582%
63 Cleveland County $180,200$1,5030.688%
64 Yadkin County $176,400$1,4750.686%
65 Caldwell County $174,000$1,4520.639%
66 Wilson County $171,800$1,4630.831%
67 Randolph County $171,600$1,4460.720%
68 Nash County $171,100$1,4500.771%
69 Burke County $170,500$1,4350.699%
70 McDowell County $168,300$1,3940.518%
71 Surry County $166,400$1,3950.621%
72 Gates County $163,900$1,3990.777%
73 Wayne County $162,700$1,3860.744%
74 Wilkes County $161,400$1,3600.621%
75 Rockingham County $156,000$1,3440.788%
76 Graham County $155,800$1,3100.540%
77 Caswell County $151,200$1,2950.677%
78 Montgomery County $150,300$1,2920.703%
79 Vance County $146,300$1,2760.806%
80 Tyrrell County $138,400$1,2290.891%
81 Sampson County $128,400$1,1490.819%
82 Columbus County $128,300$1,1540.873%
83 Bladen County $125,800$1,1390.904%
84 Warren County $124,700$1,1250.849%
85 Duplin County $123,200$1,1030.740%
86 Jones County $122,600$1,1000.755%
87 Richmond County $120,800$1,1050.929%
88 Hyde County $119,600$1,0660.630%
89 Anson County $119,300$1,0940.933%
90 Edgecombe County $116,800$1,0921.098%
91 Greene County $114,000$1,0490.868%
92 Lenoir County $111,400$1,0320.884%
93 Hertford County $111,100$1,0380.975%
94 Martin County $109,900$1,0381.070%
95 Scotland County $109,900$1,0230.909%
96 Washington County $107,000$1,0211.123%
97 Halifax County $102,500$9891.135%
98 Northampton County $102,200$9921.205%
99 Bertie County $95,800$9110.797%
100 Robeson County $88,600$8670.902%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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