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

North Carolina counties: lowest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 100 North Carolina counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, lowest to highest; 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.

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

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.