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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Least affordable housing, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the CensusEasy Afford Score, median home value divided by median household income (2024 ACS). A higher score means a home costs more years of local income. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 3.5. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stanly County, NC, up 38 places to #30.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990
01Watauga County, NCNC54,7866.9+95%
02▲4Transylvania County, NCNC34,2115.6+96%
03▲1Buncombe County, NCNC277,4175.3+112%
04▲1Dare County, NCNC38,2455.2+40%
05▼2New Hanover County, NCNC245,9595.2+97%
06▲8Henderson County, NCNC122,3755.2+77%
07▲2Jackson County, NCNC45,0395.1+72%
08Orange County, NCNC152,4985.1+52%
09▼7Clay County, NCNC12,2394.9+62%
10Madison County, NCNC22,5534.9+95%
11▼4Chatham County, NCNC85,1114.7+114%
12▲4Durham County, NCNC347,2404.7+70%
13▲8Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3834.7+83%
14▼3Polk County, NCNC20,5334.6+84%
15Carteret County, NCNC70,4694.6+64%
16▼4Alleghany County, NCNC11,4794.6+70%
17▲2Brunswick County, NCNC174,7024.5+51%
18▲6Haywood County, NCNC63,3694.5+71%
19▲15Chowan County, NCNC14,0824.4+42%
20▲3Wake County, NCNC1,257,2354.4+63%
21▼8Cherokee County, NCNC30,8304.3+60%
22▲4Avery County, NCNC18,1104.3+61%
23▼3Ashe County, NCNC27,5144.3+42%
24▼7Macon County, NCNC39,2324.3+40%
25▼7Yancey County, NCNC19,0844.1+61%
26▼4Moore County, NCNC110,6194.1+44%
27▲14Union County, NCNC267,6744.1+78%
28▼3Currituck County, NCNC33,1584.1+43%
29▲8Lincoln County, NCNC98,6544.0+90%
30▲38Stanly County, NCNC68,8304.0+93%
31▲9Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7254.0+84%
32Swain County, NCNC14,0244.0+28%
33Iredell County, NCNC211,7983.9+81%
34▲20Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5373.9+77%
35▲16Gaston County, NCNC246,5583.9+93%
36▲19Rutherford County, NCNC65,7453.9+105%
37▲32Franklin County, NCNC82,0373.8+73%
38▼9Mitchell County, NCNC15,0623.8+63%
39▼4Guilford County, NCNC562,2343.8+45%
40▲3Forsyth County, NCNC401,7183.7+51%
41▼10Pender County, NCNC72,1113.7+46%
42▼15Camden County, NCNC11,3153.7+73%
43▼5Alamance County, NCNC186,1773.7+56%
44▲23Lee County, NCNC70,2583.7+60%
45▲7Johnston County, NCNC256,4483.7+57%
46▼16Pamlico County, NCNC12,7583.6+42%
47▲12Rowan County, NCNC155,0963.6+77%
48▼2Pitt County, NCNC182,9363.6+30%
49▲12Catawba County, NCNC170,1723.6+67%
50▼8Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2013.5+31%
51▼7Craven County, NCNC105,0253.5+37%
52▼5Granville County, NCNC61,4213.5+59%
53▼17Onslow County, NCNC217,1753.5+30%
54▼4Harnett County, NCNC150,1373.5+50%
55▲9Graham County, NCNC8,1903.4+16%
56▼11Cleveland County, NCNC103,3253.4+71%
57▼9Davidson County, NCNC180,1823.4+57%
58▼30Perquimans County, NCNC13,4903.4+23%
59▲13Caldwell County, NCNC81,1053.4+72%
60▲2Davie County, NCNC45,8553.4+47%
61▲29Person County, NCNC40,6363.4+57%
62▼2Hoke County, NCNC56,9393.4+69%
63▼5Beaufort County, NCNC44,6703.3+39%
64▼1Wilson County, NCNC81,1503.3+36%
65▼8Wilkes County, NCNC66,2333.3+38%
66▼13Cumberland County, NCNC338,4733.3+32%
67▲6Alexander County, NCNC36,9583.2+48%
68▲10Randolph County, NCNC149,5163.2+47%
69▲13Vance County, NCNC42,6383.2+30%
70▼14Surry County, NCNC72,2873.2+53%
71▲6Bladen County, NCNC30,0073.2+50%
72▼1Burke County, NCNC88,6553.2+57%
73▲7Anson County, NCNC21,7583.1+67%
74▼9Stokes County, NCNC46,1263.1+48%
75▼1Nash County, NCNC99,3653.1+27%
76▲11Warren County, NCNC18,8983.0+7%
77▼11Washington County, NCNC10,6383.0+47%
78▼8McDowell County, NCNC45,1983.0+51%
79▼3Wayne County, NCNC122,2783.0+20%
80▲1Rockingham County, NCNC94,1953.0+56%
81▲2Columbus County, NCNC50,4873.0+20%
82▼33Yadkin County, NCNC38,3252.9+36%
83▲8Sampson County, NCNC61,5042.9+23%
84▲8Richmond County, NCNC42,0412.8+57%
85▼10Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032.8+46%
86▲2Caswell County, NCNC22,5632.8+33%
87▲2Lenoir County, NCNC55,8372.7+8%
88▲10Hertford County, NCNC19,0152.6+10%
89▼50Gates County, NCNC10,2342.6+25%
90▼6Scotland County, NCNC33,3222.5+19%
91▲8Duplin County, NCNC51,5712.5+17%
92▲2Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1212.4+12%
93▼7Halifax County, NCNC46,5342.3−1%
94▼15Hyde County, NCNC4,5542.3−6%
95▲1Northampton County, NCNC16,4912.3+10%
96▼1Martin County, NCNC21,6012.3−3%
97Robeson County, NCNC119,9412.3+1%
98▲2Greene County, NCNC20,7002.2+6%
99▼14Jones County, NCNC9,5752.2−2%
100▼7Bertie County, NCNC17,0862.0−9%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES