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Highest median rent, North Carolina counties · 1990

North Carolina counties ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Dare County, NCNC38,245$516−19%

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,235$480−34%

03Orange County, NCNC152,498$472−31%

04Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383$467−33%

05Durham County, NCNC347,240$444−33%

06Guilford County, NCNC562,234$428−27%

07Currituck County, NCNC33,158$423−28%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,959$417−34%

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,473$406−30%

10Union County, NCNC267,674$406−31%

11Chatham County, NCNC85,111$399−31%

12Onslow County, NCNC217,175$398−23%

13Carteret County, NCNC70,469$385−25%

14Forsyth County, NCNC401,718$384−27%

15Alamance County, NCNC186,177$381−32%

16Brunswick County, NCNC174,702$378−29%

17Craven County, NCNC105,025$374−25%

18Watauga County, NCNC54,786$374−32%

19Buncombe County, NCNC277,417$372−32%

20Henderson County, NCNC122,375$372−27%

21Catawba County, NCNC170,172$371−29%

22Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725$370−35%

23Davie County, NCNC45,855$362−27%

24Gaston County, NCNC246,558$360−33%

25Iredell County, NCNC211,798$360−33%

26Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201$359−27%

27Moore County, NCNC110,619$356−33%

28Davidson County, NCNC180,182$351−24%

29Pender County, NCNC72,111$350−29%

30Pitt County, NCNC182,936$350−26%

31Lee County, NCNC70,258$350−30%

32Rowan County, NCNC155,096$347−30%

33Nash County, NCNC99,365$345−30%

34Transylvania County, NCNC34,211$345−26%

35Randolph County, NCNC149,516$341−26%

36Lincoln County, NCNC98,654$338−30%

37Polk County, NCNC20,533$332−36%

38Stanly County, NCNC68,830$329−29%

39Pamlico County, NCNC12,758$328−30%

40Cleveland County, NCNC103,325$327−27%

41Burke County, NCNC88,655$326−28%

42Harnett County, NCNC150,137$326−33%

43Granville County, NCNC61,421$323−33%

44Hoke County, NCNC56,939$322−36%

45Johnston County, NCNC256,448$322−35%

46Wayne County, NCNC122,278$322−29%

47Wilson County, NCNC81,150$321−32%

48Caldwell County, NCNC81,105$320−28%

49Stokes County, NCNC46,126$319−29%

50Macon County, NCNC39,232$318−34%

51Franklin County, NCNC82,037$312−36%

52Scotland County, NCNC33,322$312−28%

53Alexander County, NCNC36,958$312−29%

54Rutherford County, NCNC65,745$310−23%

55Person County, NCNC40,636$309−32%

56Rockingham County, NCNC94,195$307−30%

57Perquimans County, NCNC13,490$306−27%

58Haywood County, NCNC63,369$305−33%

59Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121$304−31%

60Richmond County, NCNC42,041$301−25%

61Vance County, NCNC42,638$301−32%

62Jackson County, NCNC45,039$300−30%

63Wilkes County, NCNC66,233$299−28%

64Anson County, NCNC21,758$296−27%

65McDowell County, NCNC45,198$296−28%

66Yadkin County, NCNC38,325$294−33%

67Avery County, NCNC18,110$293−32%

68Surry County, NCNC72,287$292−29%

69Beaufort County, NCNC44,670$289−29%

70Greene County, NCNC20,700$288−29%

71Jones County, NCNC9,575$287−28%

72Montgomery County, NCNC26,403$287−29%

73Halifax County, NCNC46,534$287−28%

74Lenoir County, NCNC55,837$287−29%

75Sampson County, NCNC61,504$283−27%

76Mitchell County, NCNC15,062$282−26%

77Chowan County, NCNC14,082$279−35%

78Columbus County, NCNC50,487$275−27%

79Alleghany County, NCNC11,479$275−24%

80Hertford County, NCNC19,015$275−33%

81Robeson County, NCNC119,941$273−30%

82Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537$270−28%

83Martin County, NCNC21,601$268−33%

84Duplin County, NCNC51,571$267−33%

85Cherokee County, NCNC30,830$266−24%

86Washington County, NCNC10,638$266−34%

87Ashe County, NCNC27,514$265−29%

88Hyde County, NCNC4,554$263−31%

89Clay County, NCNC12,239$262−36%

90Yancey County, NCNC19,084$259−30%

91Caswell County, NCNC22,563$250−36%

92Warren County, NCNC18,898$246−38%

93Bladen County, NCNC30,007$245−30%

94Camden County, NCNC11,315$242−53%

95Gates County, NCNC10,234$237−47%

96Swain County, NCNC14,024$235−39%

97Madison County, NCNC22,553$234−36%

98Northampton County, NCNC16,491$231−40%

99Bertie County, NCNC17,086$229−36%

100Graham County, NCNC8,190$226−29%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES