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

North Carolina counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 100 North Carolina counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in North Carolina
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Watauga County, North Carolina3718958.7%
2Hertford County, North Carolina3709156.2%
3Orange County, North Carolina3713554.4%
4Person County, North Carolina3714553.6%
5New Hanover County, North Carolina3712952.0%
6Carteret County, North Carolina3703149.0%
7Buncombe County, North Carolina3702148.7%
8Guilford County, North Carolina3708148.4%
9Vance County, North Carolina3718148.3%
10Pasquotank County, North Carolina3713948.2%
11Cumberland County, North Carolina3705148.1%
12Chowan County, North Carolina3704147.7%
13Mecklenburg County, North Carolina3711947.3%
14Onslow County, North Carolina3713347.2%
15Pitt County, North Carolina3714747.2%
16Cabarrus County, North Carolina3702547.0%
17Gaston County, North Carolina3707146.9%
18Wake County, North Carolina3718346.6%
19Durham County, North Carolina3706346.2%
20Franklin County, North Carolina3706946.1%
21Forsyth County, North Carolina3706745.6%
22Pender County, North Carolina3714145.0%
23Brunswick County, North Carolina3701944.9%
24Tyrrell County, North Carolina3717744.9%
25Dare County, North Carolina3705544.5%
26Hyde County, North Carolina3709544.5%
27Johnston County, North Carolina3710144.2%
28Yadkin County, North Carolina3719743.7%
29Alamance County, North Carolina3700143.4%
30Cleveland County, North Carolina3704543.3%
31Warren County, North Carolina3718543.3%
32Wayne County, North Carolina3719143.1%
33Henderson County, North Carolina3708943.0%
34Craven County, North Carolina3704942.8%
35Moore County, North Carolina3712542.8%
36Rowan County, North Carolina3715942.6%
37Wilson County, North Carolina3719542.6%
38Hoke County, North Carolina3709342.5%
39Halifax County, North Carolina3708342.4%
40Rockingham County, North Carolina3715742.4%
41Haywood County, North Carolina3708742.2%
42Scotland County, North Carolina3716542.1%
43Chatham County, North Carolina3703741.9%
44Edgecombe County, North Carolina3706541.8%
45Transylvania County, North Carolina3717541.4%
46Beaufort County, North Carolina3701341.3%
47Lenoir County, North Carolina3710740.7%
48Harnett County, North Carolina3708540.4%
49Stanly County, North Carolina3716740.4%
50Randolph County, North Carolina3715139.8%
51Iredell County, North Carolina3709739.6%
52Stokes County, North Carolina3716939.6%
53Lee County, North Carolina3710539.4%
54Sampson County, North Carolina3716339.2%
55Richmond County, North Carolina3715339.1%
56Union County, North Carolina3717939.0%
57Currituck County, North Carolina3705338.5%
58Davidson County, North Carolina3705738.5%
59Rutherford County, North Carolina3716138.5%
60Robeson County, North Carolina3715538.0%
61Polk County, North Carolina3714937.8%
62Northampton County, North Carolina3713137.7%
63Surry County, North Carolina3717137.7%
64Graham County, North Carolina3707537.6%
65Nash County, North Carolina3712737.4%
66Catawba County, North Carolina3703537.3%
67Bladen County, North Carolina3701737.1%
68Columbus County, North Carolina3704737.0%
69Granville County, North Carolina3707736.8%
70Lincoln County, North Carolina3710936.7%
71Greene County, North Carolina3707936.3%
72Perquimans County, North Carolina3714336.1%
73Jackson County, North Carolina3709935.6%
74Davie County, North Carolina3705935.5%
75Caswell County, North Carolina3703335.3%
76Bertie County, North Carolina3701535.2%
77Duplin County, North Carolina3706135.2%
78Martin County, North Carolina3711735.2%
79Caldwell County, North Carolina3702734.5%
80Macon County, North Carolina3711334.4%
81Avery County, North Carolina3701133.8%
82Washington County, North Carolina3718733.8%
83McDowell County, North Carolina3711133.5%
84Wilkes County, North Carolina3719333.5%
85Anson County, North Carolina3700733.3%
86Mitchell County, North Carolina3712133.0%
87Alexander County, North Carolina3700332.7%
88Pamlico County, North Carolina3713732.4%
89Cherokee County, North Carolina3703931.9%
90Burke County, North Carolina3702331.4%
91Madison County, North Carolina3711531.4%
92Yancey County, North Carolina3719931.0%
93Jones County, North Carolina3710330.9%
94Swain County, North Carolina3717330.2%
95Montgomery County, North Carolina3712330.0%
96Ashe County, North Carolina3700929.9%
97Alleghany County, North Carolina3700529.7%
98Clay County, North Carolina3704327.4%
99Camden County, North Carolina3702922.0%
100Gates County, North Carolina3707314.6%

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.