Typical Cost of a House in Wake County, North Carolina
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The median home value in Wake County is $461,300, measured over 2020–2024. That is 59.7% above the North Carolina median of $288,900. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$461,300
2020–2024, give or take $3,848
Against North Carolina
+59.7%
AboveNorth Carolina $288,900
Against the U.S.
+38.7%
AboveU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in Wake County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with North Carolina as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$2,113a month
+29.6%North Carolina $1,631
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$1,623a month
+32.2%North Carolina $1,228
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Wake County sits among North Carolina's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. Wake County is the 1st highest of 100.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Wake County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $3,848 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Wake County, North Carolina?
- The median home value in Wake County, North Carolina is $461,300, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Wake County, North Carolina?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $461,300 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Wake County, North Carolina?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Wake County, North Carolina pay a median of $2,113 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in Wake County, North Carolina?
- Median gross rent in Wake County, North Carolina is $1,623 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in Wake County, North Carolina expensive compared with other places?
- Wake County has the 1st highest median home value of the 100 counties in North Carolina with a published figure, 59.7% above the North Carolina median of $288,900.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in North Carolina
The percentage compares each county with the North Carolina median.
- Alamance County−16.4%$241,500
- Alexander County−26.7%$211,800
- Alleghany County−25.6%$214,800
- Anson County−48.6%$148,600
- Ashe County−15.9%$243,100
- Avery County−8.0%$265,800
- Beaufort County−33.3%$192,700
- Bertie County−65.9%$98,500
- Bladen County−53.2%$135,100
- Brunswick County+21.1%$349,800
- Buncombe County+35.6%$391,800
- Burke County−35.8%$185,400
- Cabarrus County+22.8%$354,800
- Caldwell County−33.5%$192,200
- Camden County+16.7%$337,100
- Carteret County+15.4%$333,300
- Caswell County−43.1%$164,500
- Catawba County−16.4%$241,600
- Chatham County+54.4%$446,200
- Cherokee County−19.6%$232,300
- Chowan County−18.4%$235,800
- Clay County−3.6%$278,400
- Cleveland County−30.8%$200,000
- Columbus County−49.5%$146,000
- Craven County−19.8%$231,600
- Cumberland County−31.0%$199,200
- Currituck County+31.1%$378,800
- Dare County+59.4%$460,400
- Davidson County−24.2%$219,100
- Davie County−12.1%$253,900
- Duplin County−52.4%$137,400
- Durham County+34.8%$389,400
- Edgecombe County−56.7%$125,100
- Forsyth County−13.3%$250,400
- Franklin County−1.6%$284,300
- Gaston County−7.9%$266,000
- Gates County−40.9%$170,800
- Graham County−40.9%$170,600
- Granville County−14.3%$247,700
- Greene County−59.4%$117,400
- Guilford County−10.0%$259,900
- Halifax County−63.2%$106,200
- Harnett County−14.8%$246,200
- Haywood County−3.4%$279,200
- Henderson County+21.6%$351,400
- Hertford County−58.7%$119,200
- Hoke County−24.1%$219,300
- Hyde County−57.1%$124,000
- Iredell County+11.2%$321,400
- Jackson County−1.5%$284,700
- Johnston County+5.8%$305,600
- Jones County−54.9%$130,300
- Lee County−16.9%$240,200
- Lenoir County−58.3%$120,500
- Lincoln County+11.1%$321,000
- Macon County−12.8%$251,900
- Madison County−1.5%$284,600
- Martin County−62.0%$109,700
- McDowell County−40.8%$171,100
- Mecklenburg County+40.8%$406,800
- Mitchell County−23.8%$220,100
- Montgomery County−44.0%$161,700
- Moore County+21.6%$351,400
- Nash County−33.9%$191,000
- New Hanover County+34.2%$387,800
- Northampton County−60.4%$114,500
- Onslow County−18.2%$236,400
- Orange County+59.1%$459,500
- Pamlico County−25.0%$216,800
- Pasquotank County−18.8%$234,600
- Pender County+3.5%$299,000
- Perquimans County−19.8%$231,700
- Person County−26.0%$213,900
- Pitt County−27.7%$208,900
- Polk County+9.0%$315,000
- Randolph County−31.8%$197,100
- Richmond County−55.8%$127,800
- Robeson County−67.3%$94,500
- Rockingham County−41.6%$168,600
- Rowan County−17.5%$238,400
- Rutherford County−30.1%$201,800
- Sampson County−47.8%$150,700
- Scotland County−60.2%$114,900
- Stanly County−16.1%$242,400
- Stokes County−31.9%$196,700
- Surry County−38.5%$177,600
- Swain County−28.3%$207,000
- Transylvania County+29.3%$373,600
- Tyrrell County−43.1%$164,500
- Union County+44.4%$417,300
- Vance County−44.1%$161,500
- Warren County−46.6%$154,200
- Washington County−56.4%$125,900
- Watauga County+24.2%$358,900
- Wayne County−38.1%$178,700
- Wilkes County−41.6%$168,800
- Wilson County−35.6%$186,000
- Yadkin County−37.3%$181,200
- Yancey County−15.9%$243,100