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Housing costs in Columbus County

What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.

FIPS 37047SOURCE: Census ACSEvery figure source-linked

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Median gross rent

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$824± $40evidence →
2019–2023$775± $31evidence →
2018–2022$738± $31evidence →
2017–2021$679± $31evidence →

Median home value

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$146,000± $11,896evidence →
2019–2023$128,300± $9,583evidence →
2018–2022$119,800± $6,673evidence →
2017–2021$102,300± $8,049evidence →

Rent as share of income

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–202429.8 %± 3.6 %evidence →
2019–202329.5 %± 4.1 %evidence →
2018–202231.4 %± 3.1 %evidence →
2017–202131.1 %± 2.6 %evidence →

In context

Median rent in Columbus County is $824, below the North Carolina median of $886 across 100 counties (2020–2024).

American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.

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