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Highest homeownership rate, North Carolina cities

North Carolina cities with the highest share of owner-occupied housing units (2024 ACS). This list covers the 175 cities in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 175 is 64.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Elon, NC, up 36 places to #68.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPOWNER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01Marvin, NCNC7,04099.5%+2.8 pts

02▲3Wesley Chapel, NCNC9,56698.1%+4.8 pts

03▲7Westport, NCNC5,91596.5%+2.7 pts

04▼1St. James, NCNC7,31896.4%+5.5 pts

05▲11Stokesdale, NCNC6,13396.1%+13.4 pts

06▲7Moyock, NCNC5,68495.5%–

07▼5Weddington, NCNC14,51795.1%0.0 pts

08▼1Lake Norman of Iredell, NCNC12,49494.9%+10.3 pts

09▼1Carolina Shores, NCNC5,54094.7%−2.8 pts

10▼1Summerfield, NCNC11,32793.8%+3.6 pts

11▼7Briar Chapel, NCNC6,04993.1%–

12▲5Rolesville, NCNC12,83992.5%+22.0 pts

13▼7Oak Ridge, NCNC7,89692.2%0.0 pts

14Harrisburg, NCNC20,74291.5%−2.6 pts

15▲16Oak Island, NCNC9,33789.7%+10.8 pts

16▲16Midway, NCNC5,10489.5%–

17▲4Ogden, NCNC8,24988.6%−0.5 pts

18▲34Holly Ridge, NCNC5,90888.6%+29.4 pts

19▼4Stallings, NCNC17,76087.5%+5.3 pts

20▼1Unionville, NCNC7,32287.2%+0.3 pts

21▲20Locust, NCNC6,12086.9%+5.6 pts

22▼11Whispering Pines, NCNC5,50585.8%−10.1 pts

23▼1Lake Norman of Catawba, NCNC9,90685.7%–

24▼1Lewisville, NCNC14,42185.7%−0.9 pts

25▲1Mills River, NCNC7,50485.6%–

26▲18Fletcher, NCNC8,37385.3%+1.4 pts

27▼3Pinehurst, NCNC18,67085.2%−2.9 pts

28▲22Carolina Beach, NCNC6,87084.4%+18.7 pts

29▼11Etowah, NCNC7,96884.0%−4.2 pts

30▼5Midland, NCNC5,15183.9%–

31▼3Myrtle Grove, NCNC12,63783.6%−3.1 pts

32▲14St. Stephens, NCNC9,45783.6%+5.4 pts

33▲1Mint Hill, NCNC29,47683.2%−1.0 pts

34▼1Winterville, NCNC10,97383.2%+7.2 pts

35▼15Waxhaw, NCNC23,14083.0%−2.3 pts

36▲6Pleasant Garden, NCNC5,16582.9%−5.0 pts

37▲10Porters Neck, NCNC7,65482.6%–

38▲7Silver Lake, NCNC6,56382.2%+9.1 pts

39Barbecue, NCNC5,91081.7%–

40▼13Boiling Spring Lakes, NCNC6,87581.6%−5.8 pts

41▼1Gibsonville, NCNC9,87681.1%+8.7 pts

42▼6Leland, NCNC35,73180.6%+10.5 pts

43▼8Holly Springs, NCNC50,28880.6%−5.1 pts

44▼15Trinity, NCNC7,27480.1%−0.2 pts

45▲13Davidson, NCNC16,66280.0%+0.7 pts

46▼34Archer Lodge, NCNC5,64979.7%–

47▲19Swannanoa, NCNC6,90178.6%+3.7 pts

48▲9Archdale, NCNC12,25478.4%+5.2 pts

49▼1Wendell, NCNC19,68778.2%+8.5 pts

50▼12Indian Trail, NCNC44,30378.1%−11.3 pts

51▼21Wrightsboro, NCNC6,28778.0%−7.2 pts

52▼1Murraysville, NCNC16,33977.3%−8.4 pts

53▲6Apex, NCNC80,41976.5%+0.5 pts

54▲10Half Moon, NCNC7,37875.9%+9.6 pts

55▲7Clemmons, NCNC22,80875.7%−4.4 pts

56▲4Spout Springs, NCNC11,24274.6%–

57▼8Fuquay-Varina, NCNC48,53674.2%+12.7 pts

58▼5Walkertown, NCNC6,12074.0%−8.2 pts

59▼5Wake Forest, NCNC58,14774.0%+10.9 pts

60▼21Surf City, NCNC5,14273.9%−0.8 pts

61Kill Devil Hills, NCNC7,73173.9%+6.4 pts

62▲11Butner, NCNC8,11273.8%+10.4 pts

63▼26Hampstead, NCNC9,29272.9%–

64▲26Newton, NCNC13,82272.6%+9.9 pts

65▼2Huntersville, NCNC68,53571.7%−3.7 pts

66▲4Belmont, NCNC16,41570.7%+2.8 pts

67▲10Anderson Creek, NCNC13,92770.5%–

68▲36Elon, NCNC11,36670.1%–

69▼26Creedmoor, NCNC5,04669.9%+4.0 pts

70▲14Angier, NCNC9,41069.8%+12.6 pts

71▲3Cherryville, NCNC6,52369.7%−2.0 pts

72▼3Pittsboro, NCNC5,05469.6%+11.0 pts

73▼1Cornelius, NCNC35,09469.5%−6.6 pts

74▼9Conover, NCNC8,93869.0%−4.8 pts

75▼4Mount Holly, NCNC19,03368.8%+8.5 pts

76▲2Sawmills, NCNC5,10568.7%−1.2 pts

77▲2Black Mountain, NCNC8,49166.9%−3.3 pts

78▼2Cary, NCNC183,58266.6%−6.2 pts

79▲17Hope Mills, NCNC18,32466.5%+0.5 pts

80▲7Piney Green, NCNC14,07866.4%+5.2 pts

81▲2Bessemer City, NCNC5,83466.0%−0.2 pts

82▲3Kannapolis, NCNC61,70865.6%−1.1 pts

83▼3Concord, NCNC114,59865.2%−2.4 pts

84▼28King, NCNC7,97765.1%−15.0 pts

85▼3Knightdale, NCNC23,14464.7%−9.6 pts

86▼19Matthews, NCNC32,76964.4%−13.7 pts

87▲28Dallas, NCNC6,39264.4%+11.7 pts

88▼33Kings Grant, NCNC9,00364.3%−17.0 pts

89▲3Lenoir, NCNC18,37264.2%+1.0 pts

90▼9East Flat Rock, NCNC6,32364.1%−2.7 pts

91▼5Hillsborough, NCNC9,77863.8%+3.2 pts

92▼17Shallotte, NCNC5,33563.7%−14.9 pts

93▲2Garner, NCNC41,56263.2%−5.9 pts

94▲26Lillington, NCNC5,04063.1%+7.8 pts

95▲26Wadesboro, NCNC5,03563.1%+7.3 pts

96▼8Clayton, NCNC32,63362.7%−2.0 pts

97▼6Zebulon, NCNC11,93362.7%+1.7 pts

98▲10Thomasville, NCNC27,73362.4%+9.3 pts

99▲7Kings Mountain, NCNC12,11762.1%−1.0 pts

100▼32Cramerton, NCNC5,71362.0%−12.1 pts

101▼12Mocksville, NCNC6,28261.9%−1.1 pts

102▼5Monroe, NCNC42,64461.6%+5.5 pts

103▲38Rockingham, NCNC8,81561.5%+2.6 pts

104▼3Mebane, NCNC21,95260.5%−2.9 pts

105▲7Kernersville, NCNC29,12860.5%+6.9 pts

106▲32Shelby, NCNC23,30959.9%+1.7 pts

107▼5New Bern, NCNC34,72459.7%+3.3 pts

108▲19Ayden, NCNC5,26359.2%+3.2 pts

109Aberdeen, NCNC10,06659.0%−1.7 pts

110▲25Smithfield, NCNC13,11458.7%+5.2 pts

111▼11Mooresville, NCNC55,84258.3%−7.2 pts

112▼2High Point, NCNC120,57157.8%−1.2 pts

113▼14Waynesville, NCNC11,00657.3%−8.1 pts

114▲20Tarboro, NCNC10,97957.2%−1.5 pts

115▼12Southern Pines, NCNC17,35756.6%−6.3 pts

116▼3Albemarle, NCNC17,76956.3%−6.9 pts

117▲13Siler City, NCNC8,15556.0%−3.0 pts

118▲1Winston-Salem, NCNC257,27155.6%−0.2 pts

119▼12Mount Airy, NCNC10,68255.4%+0.4 pts

120▼2Eden, NCNC15,50055.0%−9.3 pts

121▲4Hickory, NCNC45,97555.0%0.0 pts

122▲4Morganton, NCNC17,84954.7%−2.3 pts

123▼9Gastonia, NCNC87,06754.2%−2.5 pts

124▼8Dunn, NCNC8,81454.0%−1.7 pts

125▼2Burlington, NCNC61,49653.8%−5.6 pts

126▲21Woodfin, NCNC8,22953.7%+1.8 pts

127▼3Sanford, NCNC34,13853.3%−4.7 pts

128▼6Graham, NCNC20,13153.2%−2.1 pts

129▼35Long View, NCNC5,38753.1%−10.5 pts

130▲10Oxford, NCNC8,98552.9%−4.9 pts

131▲15Reidsville, NCNC14,69252.8%−5.2 pts

132▲12Durham, NCNC305,56152.3%+3.4 pts

133▼28Hamlet, NCNC5,87052.0%−12.5 pts

134▼41Nashville, NCNC5,91152.0%−13.9 pts

135▲14Asheville, NCNC93,52351.9%−4.9 pts

136▲1Salisbury, NCNC36,87951.8%−1.6 pts

137▼9Statesville, NCNC32,18151.6%−3.2 pts

138▼21Marion, NCNC7,44051.3%−8.3 pts

139▼10Charlotte, NCNC964,78451.0%−6.5 pts

140▼29Brevard, NCNC8,09850.9%−15.0 pts

141▲7Raleigh, NCNC506,30650.7%−0.8 pts

142▲22Roxboro, NCNC8,38050.7%0.0 pts

143▲17Williamston, NCNC5,08650.5%−1.4 pts

144▼2Greensboro, NCNC308,66750.5%−2.5 pts

145▼12Roanoke Rapids, NCNC14,38649.9%−9.5 pts

146▼15Wilson, NCNC49,57249.1%−1.8 pts

147▼2Rocky Mount, NCNC55,12049.0%−6.0 pts

148▲17Pineville, NCNC11,85148.9%+14.0 pts

149▼17Clinton, NCNC8,46648.6%−6.5 pts

150▲3Wilmington, NCNC126,80947.6%−1.0 pts

151▲6Chapel Hill, NCNC63,56547.4%+4.6 pts

152Fayetteville, NCNC209,12047.4%−5.9 pts

153▼17Morehead City, NCNC10,43446.7%−8.8 pts

154▼15Laurinburg, NCNC14,58246.6%−11.3 pts

155▼12Washington, NCNC9,91046.4%−5.1 pts

156▲2Lincolnton, NCNC12,46546.2%−9.9 pts

157▲2Hendersonville, NCNC15,86746.1%−10.9 pts

158▼7Asheboro, NCNC27,99045.5%−8.6 pts

159▲2Morrisville, NCNC32,46645.4%+15.1 pts

160▼5Forest City, NCNC7,41045.4%−6.4 pts

161▲2Elizabeth City, NCNC19,62244.1%−5.5 pts

162▼12Lumberton, NCNC18,95543.9%−13.8 pts

163▲4Carrboro, NCNC20,96243.5%+12.0 pts

164▲6Selma, NCNC7,40643.1%−3.0 pts

165▼3Kinston, NCNC19,70542.5%−9.5 pts

166▼68Northchase, NCNC5,89642.5%–

167▼11Lexington, NCNC20,23841.6%−8.2 pts

168▼14Havelock, NCNC17,43041.3%+3.4 pts

169▼1Henderson, NCNC15,01338.9%−8.0 pts

170▼1Jacksonville, NCNC72,73238.7%−0.5 pts

171▼5Goldsboro, NCNC35,01236.3%−6.3 pts

172▼1Greenville, NCNC96,44332.7%−6.6 pts

173Boone, NCNC19,92926.2%−3.3 pts

174▼2Spring Lake, NCNC11,25219.8%−16.0 pts

175▼1Cullowhee, NCNC7,97310.9%−19.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES