U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

North Carolina counties: highest home-value-to-income ratios | ACS 2024

Rank 100 North Carolina counties by available home-value-to-income ratio estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable home-value-to-income ratio; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest home-value-to-income ratios in North Carolina
RankCountyGEOIDHome-value-to-income ratio
1Watauga County, North Carolina371896.94
2Transylvania County, North Carolina371755.64
3Buncombe County, North Carolina370215.26
4Dare County, North Carolina370555.17
5New Hanover County, North Carolina371295.16
6Henderson County, North Carolina370895.15
7Jackson County, North Carolina370995.10
8Orange County, North Carolina371355.10
9Clay County, North Carolina370434.89
10Madison County, North Carolina371154.86
11Chatham County, North Carolina370374.73
12Durham County, North Carolina370634.73
13Mecklenburg County, North Carolina371194.68
14Polk County, North Carolina371494.65
15Carteret County, North Carolina370314.61
16Alleghany County, North Carolina370054.55
17Brunswick County, North Carolina370194.54
18Haywood County, North Carolina370874.51
19Chowan County, North Carolina370414.38
20Wake County, North Carolina371834.36
21Avery County, North Carolina370114.33
22Cherokee County, North Carolina370394.33
23Ashe County, North Carolina370094.27
24Macon County, North Carolina371134.27
25Yancey County, North Carolina371994.14
26Moore County, North Carolina371254.08
27Union County, North Carolina371794.06
28Currituck County, North Carolina370534.05
29Lincoln County, North Carolina371094.01
30Cabarrus County, North Carolina370253.99
31Stanly County, North Carolina371673.99
32Iredell County, North Carolina370973.95
33Swain County, North Carolina371733.95
34Tyrrell County, North Carolina371773.95
35Gaston County, North Carolina370713.94
36Rutherford County, North Carolina371613.93
37Franklin County, North Carolina370693.83
38Mitchell County, North Carolina371213.82
39Guilford County, North Carolina370813.79
40Forsyth County, North Carolina370673.73
41Pender County, North Carolina371413.72
42Camden County, North Carolina370293.70
43Alamance County, North Carolina370013.68
44Lee County, North Carolina371053.67
45Johnston County, North Carolina371013.66
46Pamlico County, North Carolina371373.63
47Rowan County, North Carolina371593.63
48Pitt County, North Carolina371473.59
49Catawba County, North Carolina370353.56
50Craven County, North Carolina370493.52
51Pasquotank County, North Carolina371393.52
52Granville County, North Carolina370773.48
53Onslow County, North Carolina371333.47
54Harnett County, North Carolina370853.45
55Graham County, North Carolina370753.43
56Cleveland County, North Carolina370453.42
57Caldwell County, North Carolina370273.41
58Davidson County, North Carolina370573.41
59Perquimans County, North Carolina371433.41
60Davie County, North Carolina370593.38
61Hoke County, North Carolina370933.38
62Person County, North Carolina371453.38
63Beaufort County, North Carolina370133.30
64Wilson County, North Carolina371953.30
65Wilkes County, North Carolina371933.26
66Cumberland County, North Carolina370513.25
67Alexander County, North Carolina370033.24
68Randolph County, North Carolina371513.23
69Vance County, North Carolina371813.20
70Surry County, North Carolina371713.19
71Bladen County, North Carolina370173.18
72Burke County, North Carolina370233.16
73Anson County, North Carolina370073.14
74Stokes County, North Carolina371693.12
75Nash County, North Carolina371273.06
76Warren County, North Carolina371853.05
77Washington County, North Carolina371873.01
78McDowell County, North Carolina371112.99
79Wayne County, North Carolina371912.99
80Rockingham County, North Carolina371572.96
81Columbus County, North Carolina370472.95
82Yadkin County, North Carolina371972.88
83Sampson County, North Carolina371632.87
84Richmond County, North Carolina371532.85
85Montgomery County, North Carolina371232.80
86Caswell County, North Carolina370332.75
87Lenoir County, North Carolina371072.67
88Hertford County, North Carolina370912.62
89Gates County, North Carolina370732.57
90Scotland County, North Carolina371652.51
91Duplin County, North Carolina370612.49
92Edgecombe County, North Carolina370652.44
93Halifax County, North Carolina370832.33
94Hyde County, North Carolina370952.31
95Northampton County, North Carolina371312.29
96Martin County, North Carolina371172.26
97Robeson County, North Carolina371552.25
98Greene County, North Carolina370792.20
99Jones County, North Carolina371032.18
100Bertie County, North Carolina370152.02

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated North Carolina bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. North Carolina county map and full table.