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

North Carolina counties: highest median gross rents | ACS 2024

Rank 100 North Carolina counties by available median gross rent estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable median gross rent; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest median gross rents in North Carolina
RankCountyGEOIDMedian gross rent
1Mecklenburg County, North Carolina37119$1,627 (±$14 ACS 90% MOE)
2Wake County, North Carolina37183$1,623 (±$16 ACS 90% MOE)
3Durham County, North Carolina37063$1,508 (±$31 ACS 90% MOE)
4Orange County, North Carolina37135$1,496 (±$41 ACS 90% MOE)
5Union County, North Carolina37179$1,496 (±$74 ACS 90% MOE)
6New Hanover County, North Carolina37129$1,417 (±$32 ACS 90% MOE)
7Cabarrus County, North Carolina37025$1,414 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
8Buncombe County, North Carolina37021$1,362 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
9Brunswick County, North Carolina37019$1,351 (±$52 ACS 90% MOE)
10Dare County, North Carolina37055$1,345 (±$85 ACS 90% MOE)
11Onslow County, North Carolina37133$1,265 (±$40 ACS 90% MOE)
12Hyde County, North Carolina37095$1,263 (±$129 ACS 90% MOE)
13Moore County, North Carolina37125$1,254 (±$79 ACS 90% MOE)
14Iredell County, North Carolina37097$1,252 (±$51 ACS 90% MOE)
15Camden County, North Carolina37029$1,232 (±$132 ACS 90% MOE)
16Cumberland County, North Carolina37051$1,222 (±$15 ACS 90% MOE)
17Henderson County, North Carolina37089$1,187 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
18Chatham County, North Carolina37037$1,180 (±$99 ACS 90% MOE)
19Polk County, North Carolina37149$1,178 (±$119 ACS 90% MOE)
20Pasquotank County, North Carolina37139$1,170 (±$80 ACS 90% MOE)
21Guilford County, North Carolina37081$1,163 (±$14 ACS 90% MOE)
22Currituck County, North Carolina37053$1,162 (±$133 ACS 90% MOE)
23Gaston County, North Carolina37071$1,153 (±$22 ACS 90% MOE)
24Johnston County, North Carolina37101$1,146 (±$76 ACS 90% MOE)
25Gates County, North Carolina37073$1,143 (±$207 ACS 90% MOE)
26Watauga County, North Carolina37189$1,127 (±$85 ACS 90% MOE)
27Harnett County, North Carolina37085$1,112 (±$46 ACS 90% MOE)
28Craven County, North Carolina37049$1,110 (±$39 ACS 90% MOE)
29Carteret County, North Carolina37031$1,108 (±$48 ACS 90% MOE)
30Pender County, North Carolina37141$1,106 (±$105 ACS 90% MOE)
31Forsyth County, North Carolina37067$1,098 (±$20 ACS 90% MOE)
32Hoke County, North Carolina37093$1,089 (±$59 ACS 90% MOE)
33Franklin County, North Carolina37069$1,083 (±$36 ACS 90% MOE)
34Haywood County, North Carolina37087$1,067 (±$50 ACS 90% MOE)
35Alamance County, North Carolina37001$1,064 (±$25 ACS 90% MOE)
36Lee County, North Carolina37105$1,017 (±$46 ACS 90% MOE)
37Lincoln County, North Carolina37109$1,015 (±$67 ACS 90% MOE)
38Rowan County, North Carolina37159$1,013 (±$35 ACS 90% MOE)
39Granville County, North Carolina37077$1,008 (±$57 ACS 90% MOE)
40Perquimans County, North Carolina37143$1,008 (±$134 ACS 90% MOE)
41Pitt County, North Carolina37147$993 (±$21 ACS 90% MOE)
42Transylvania County, North Carolina37175$967 (±$144 ACS 90% MOE)
43Catawba County, North Carolina37035$965 (±$41 ACS 90% MOE)
44Wayne County, North Carolina37191$965 (±$30 ACS 90% MOE)
45Nash County, North Carolina37127$953 (±$29 ACS 90% MOE)
46Wilson County, North Carolina37195$953 (±$35 ACS 90% MOE)
47Cleveland County, North Carolina37045$914 (±$50 ACS 90% MOE)
48Jackson County, North Carolina37099$904 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
49Davidson County, North Carolina37057$901 (±$33 ACS 90% MOE)
50Randolph County, North Carolina37151$887 (±$35 ACS 90% MOE)
51Burke County, North Carolina37023$884 (±$47 ACS 90% MOE)
52Vance County, North Carolina37181$883 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
53Yancey County, North Carolina37199$882 (±$83 ACS 90% MOE)
54Beaufort County, North Carolina37013$871 (±$41 ACS 90% MOE)
55Davie County, North Carolina37059$867 (±$51 ACS 90% MOE)
56Duplin County, North Carolina37061$865 (±$49 ACS 90% MOE)
57Person County, North Carolina37145$864 (±$46 ACS 90% MOE)
58Lenoir County, North Carolina37107$861 (±$28 ACS 90% MOE)
59Stanly County, North Carolina37167$861 (±$32 ACS 90% MOE)
60Ashe County, North Carolina37009$859 (±$59 ACS 90% MOE)
61Edgecombe County, North Carolina37065$858 (±$30 ACS 90% MOE)
62Greene County, North Carolina37079$853 (±$29 ACS 90% MOE)
63Hertford County, North Carolina37091$844 (±$36 ACS 90% MOE)
64Bertie County, North Carolina37015$839 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
65Sampson County, North Carolina37163$834 (±$30 ACS 90% MOE)
66Columbus County, North Carolina37047$824 (±$40 ACS 90% MOE)
67Anson County, North Carolina37007$814 (±$49 ACS 90% MOE)
68Cherokee County, North Carolina37039$813 (±$141 ACS 90% MOE)
69Halifax County, North Carolina37083$813 (±$44 ACS 90% MOE)
70Mitchell County, North Carolina37121$813 (±$64 ACS 90% MOE)
71Rockingham County, North Carolina37157$810 (±$31 ACS 90% MOE)
72McDowell County, North Carolina37111$806 (±$45 ACS 90% MOE)
73Robeson County, North Carolina37155$805 (±$22 ACS 90% MOE)
74Clay County, North Carolina37043$804 (±$238 ACS 90% MOE)
75Macon County, North Carolina37113$803 (±$56 ACS 90% MOE)
76Warren County, North Carolina37185$790 (±$54 ACS 90% MOE)
77Rutherford County, North Carolina37161$783 (±$19 ACS 90% MOE)
78Madison County, North Carolina37115$780 (±$64 ACS 90% MOE)
79Scotland County, North Carolina37165$778 (±$24 ACS 90% MOE)
80Stokes County, North Carolina37169$775 (±$31 ACS 90% MOE)
81Avery County, North Carolina37011$773 (±$106 ACS 90% MOE)
82Bladen County, North Carolina37017$773 (±$73 ACS 90% MOE)
83Montgomery County, North Carolina37123$766 (±$38 ACS 90% MOE)
84Yadkin County, North Carolina37197$766 (±$47 ACS 90% MOE)
85Alexander County, North Carolina37003$764 (±$29 ACS 90% MOE)
86Surry County, North Carolina37171$761 (±$23 ACS 90% MOE)
87Martin County, North Carolina37117$758 (±$76 ACS 90% MOE)
88Northampton County, North Carolina37131$758 (±$63 ACS 90% MOE)
89Pamlico County, North Carolina37137$752 (±$113 ACS 90% MOE)
90Jones County, North Carolina37103$747 (±$47 ACS 90% MOE)
91Caldwell County, North Carolina37027$744 (±$24 ACS 90% MOE)
92Washington County, North Carolina37187$743 (±$256 ACS 90% MOE)
93Swain County, North Carolina37173$742 (±$53 ACS 90% MOE)
94Caswell County, North Carolina37033$727 (±$28 ACS 90% MOE)
95Richmond County, North Carolina37153$724 (±$45 ACS 90% MOE)
96Wilkes County, North Carolina37193$723 (±$37 ACS 90% MOE)
97Chowan County, North Carolina37041$681 (±$40 ACS 90% MOE)
98Graham County, North Carolina37075$676 (±$179 ACS 90% MOE)
99Alleghany County, North Carolina37005$675 (±$135 ACS 90% MOE)
100Tyrrell County, North Carolina37177$644 (±$210 ACS 90% MOE)

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.