housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Jackson 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 | $904 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $855 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $804 | ± $46 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $754 | ± $39 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $284,700 | ± $19,969 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $253,900 | ± $14,754 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $240,500 | ± $11,993 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $211,500 | ± $18,059 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.1 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.6 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.2 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.6 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Jackson County is $904, 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.