housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Macon 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 | $803 | ± $56 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $791 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $818 | ± $50 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $771 | ± $43 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $251,900 | ± $16,620 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $229,000 | ± $9,909 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $210,900 | ± $11,350 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $176,900 | ± $10,231 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 23.4 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.9 % | ± 4.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.7 % | ± 3.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.1 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Macon County is $803, 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.