housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Durham County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,508 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,415 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,301 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,162 | ± $16 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $389,400 | ± $6,104 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $351,700 | ± $5,579 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $311,300 | ± $5,925 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $262,400 | ± $4,638 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.4 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.8 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.6 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.1 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Durham County is $1,508, above 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.