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Rent estimates — every county in North Carolina

Median gross rent by county in North Carolina, from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2024 5-year). Each number is what households actually pay, so it is the demand floor for pricing your own listing — plan on asking close to it to fill a unit fast.

North Carolina counties

Median gross rent by county and bedroom count. Select a county for the full breakdown, margin of error, and year-over-year change.

County	Studio	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR	Median gross rent
Alamance County, North Carolina	$863	$1,003	$1,023	$1,134	$1,856	$1,064
Alexander County, North Carolina	n/a	$546	$770	$746	$1,136	$764
Alleghany County, North Carolina	n/a	$460	$828	$632	n/a	$675
Anson County, North Carolina	n/a	$644	$759	$916	$1,070	$814
Ashe County, North Carolina	n/a	$498	$808	$1,164	$961	$859
Avery County, North Carolina	n/a	$374	$779	$1,050	n/a	$773
Beaufort County, North Carolina	$920	$564	$794	$944	$1,028	$871
Bertie County, North Carolina	n/a	$410	$839	$863	$875	$839
Bladen County, North Carolina	$283	$349	$714	$948	$856	$773
Brunswick County, North Carolina	$1,076	$1,186	$1,265	$1,454	$1,712	$1,351
Buncombe County, North Carolina	$1,125	$1,235	$1,412	$1,459	$2,654	$1,362
Burke County, North Carolina	$1,050	$560	$871	$915	$1,199	$884
Cabarrus County, North Carolina	$1,178	$1,268	$1,328	$1,494	$2,084	$1,414
Caldwell County, North Carolina	$406	$542	$731	$852	$886	$744
Camden County, North Carolina	n/a	n/a	$1,130	$1,361	$2,580	$1,232
Carteret County, North Carolina	$823	$575	$1,068	$1,247	$1,754	$1,108
Caswell County, North Carolina	n/a	$391	$727	$789	$778	$727
Catawba County, North Carolina	$818	$887	$923	$1,118	$1,111	$965
Chatham County, North Carolina	$927	$1,318	$1,128	$1,177	$1,406	$1,180
Cherokee County, North Carolina	$519	$308	$804	$903	$1,096	$813
Chowan County, North Carolina	n/a	$388	n/a	$801	n/a	$681
Clay County, North Carolina	n/a	$829	$828	$1,533	n/a	$804
Cleveland County, North Carolina	$808	$722	$861	$1,091	$1,116	$914
Columbus County, North Carolina	n/a	$690	$794	$890	$956	$824
Craven County, North Carolina	$1,014	$651	$1,016	$1,305	$1,619	$1,110
Cumberland County, North Carolina	$1,067	$1,013	$1,140	$1,353	$1,682	$1,222
Currituck County, North Carolina	n/a	$617	$953	$1,347	$1,663	$1,162
Dare County, North Carolina	n/a	$1,182	$1,229	$1,547	$1,704	$1,345
Davidson County, North Carolina	$858	$762	$808	$1,067	$1,187	$901
Davie County, North Carolina	$811	$830	$819	$972	$1,073	$867
Duplin County, North Carolina	$768	$449	$870	$942	$966	$865
Durham County, North Carolina	$1,386	$1,335	$1,514	$1,778	$2,004	$1,508
Edgecombe County, North Carolina	n/a	$650	$747	$1,001	$1,336	$858
Forsyth County, North Carolina	$893	$977	$1,054	$1,370	$1,713	$1,098
Franklin County, North Carolina	$1,104	$927	$1,023	$1,118	$1,299	$1,083
Gaston County, North Carolina	$1,055	$955	$1,115	$1,231	$2,011	$1,153
Gates County, North Carolina	n/a	n/a	$905	$1,143	$1,619	$1,143
Graham County, North Carolina	n/a	$610	$586	$862	n/a	$676
Granville County, North Carolina	n/a	$842	$1,015	$1,022	$1,074	$1,008
Greene County, North Carolina	n/a	$651	$774	$874	$1,489	$853
Guilford County, North Carolina	$1,077	$1,040	$1,122	$1,358	$1,655	$1,163
Halifax County, North Carolina	$669	$389	$708	$934	$983	$813
Harnett County, North Carolina	$903	$720	$909	$1,184	$1,761	$1,112
Haywood County, North Carolina	$691	$904	$1,080	$1,154	$1,930	$1,067
Henderson County, North Carolina	$1,340	$1,110	$1,144	$1,191	$1,622	$1,187
Hertford County, North Carolina	$417	$413	$797	$1,052	$1,140	$844
Hoke County, North Carolina	$750	$722	$870	$1,193	$1,653	$1,089
Hyde County, North Carolina	n/a	n/a	$1,188	$1,345	n/a	$1,263
Iredell County, North Carolina	$898	$1,217	$1,126	$1,446	$1,912	$1,252
Jackson County, North Carolina	$766	$804	$881	$1,129	$905	$904
Johnston County, North Carolina	$657	$613	$970	$1,354	$2,201	$1,146
Jones County, North Carolina	n/a	$340	$721	$776	$1,402	$747
Lee County, North Carolina	$1,255	$775	$1,016	$1,081	$1,451	$1,017
Lenoir County, North Carolina	$1,031	$431	$851	$911	$1,053	$861
Lincoln County, North Carolina	$909	$936	$883	$1,172	$1,867	$1,015
Macon County, North Carolina	$605	$676	$812	$888	$955	$803
Madison County, North Carolina	$528	$535	$758	$995	$850	$780
Martin County, North Carolina	$659	$431	$731	$925	$794	$758
McDowell County, North Carolina	n/a	$714	$782	$929	$744	$806
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	$1,489	$1,457	$1,621	$1,792	$2,139	$1,627
Mitchell County, North Carolina	n/a	$589	$794	$911	$789	$813
Montgomery County, North Carolina	$699	$432	$743	$816	$1,020	$766
Moore County, North Carolina	$987	$1,007	$1,125	$1,415	$2,540	$1,254
Nash County, North Carolina	$829	$878	$915	$1,105	$1,046	$953
New Hanover County, North Carolina	$1,160	$1,267	$1,400	$1,692	$1,446	$1,417
Northampton County, North Carolina	n/a	$350	$691	$818	$871	$758
Onslow County, North Carolina	$939	$866	$1,082	$1,393	$1,593	$1,265
Orange County, North Carolina	$1,312	$1,288	$1,515	$1,731	$2,266	$1,496
Pamlico County, North Carolina	n/a	$334	$789	$1,047	n/a	$752
Pasquotank County, North Carolina	$581	$688	$978	$1,325	$1,551	$1,170
Pender County, North Carolina	$1,044	$1,100	$928	$1,282	$2,325	$1,106
Perquimans County, North Carolina	n/a	$320	$770	$1,169	$1,118	$1,008
Person County, North Carolina	n/a	$548	$822	$1,056	n/a	$864
Pitt County, North Carolina	$781	$815	$1,011	$1,182	$1,465	$993
Polk County, North Carolina	n/a	$1,100	$1,240	$1,171	$1,607	$1,178
Randolph County, North Carolina	$827	$642	$856	$1,044	$1,403	$887
Richmond County, North Carolina	$538	$398	$740	$881	$838	$724
Robeson County, North Carolina	$556	$492	$755	$896	$1,087	$805
Rockingham County, North Carolina	$632	$545	$809	$950	$1,022	$810
Rowan County, North Carolina	n/a	$870	$991	$1,106	$1,924	$1,013
Rutherford County, North Carolina	$824	$603	$773	$893	$934	$783
Sampson County, North Carolina	$427	$565	$857	$857	$1,064	$834
Scotland County, North Carolina	$574	$529	$778	$931	$871	$778
Stanly County, North Carolina	n/a	$576	$843	$1,059	$1,002	$861
Stokes County, North Carolina	$537	$541	$746	$879	$856	$775
Surry County, North Carolina	$752	$542	$760	$818	$808	$761
Swain County, North Carolina	$643	$600	$723	$1,013	$3,146	$742
Transylvania County, North Carolina	$3,352	$642	$867	$1,175	n/a	$967
Tyrrell County, North Carolina	n/a	n/a	$624	$1,052	n/a	$644
Union County, North Carolina	n/a	$979	$1,205	$1,651	$2,141	$1,496
Vance County, North Carolina	$584	$543	$852	$990	$1,100	$883
Wake County, North Carolina	$1,390	$1,423	$1,600	$1,830	$2,353	$1,623
Warren County, North Carolina	n/a	$401	$734	$900	$980	$790
Washington County, North Carolina	n/a	$527	$700	$1,014	$1,213	$743
Watauga County, North Carolina	$789	$901	$1,169	$1,365	$2,129	$1,127
Wayne County, North Carolina	$909	$575	$936	$1,048	$1,296	$965
Wilkes County, North Carolina	n/a	$527	$687	$879	$828	$723
Wilson County, North Carolina	$1,082	$735	$901	$1,057	$1,289	$953
Yadkin County, North Carolina	n/a	$486	$772	$869	$1,047	$766
Yancey County, North Carolina	$672	$396	$915	$1,111	$808	$882

Frequently asked questions

How do county rent estimates compare across North Carolina?

The table ranks every county in North Carolina by median gross rent. Open one to see the per-bedroom median, the margin of error, and how it changed year over year.

What does the margin of error mean on these county rents?

The Census Bureau publishes a margin of error with every estimate. It reflects how confident we can be that the true median sits near the published number — small for populous counties, wider for rural ones. Treat each county figure as the center of a range, not an exact price.

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