housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Orange 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 | $1,496 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,387 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,316 | ± $37 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,180 | ± $25 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $459,500 | ± $9,735 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $428,500 | ± $9,356 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $395,600 | ± $9,958 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $339,900 | ± $10,152 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.2 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.5 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.4 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.4 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Orange County is $1,496, 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.