housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Rutherford 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 | $783 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $748 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $729 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $685 | ± $34 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $201,800 | ± $9,065 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $180,800 | ± $8,750 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $158,200 | ± $9,995 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $133,600 | ± $10,513 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.1 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.1 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.2 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.4 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Rutherford County is $783, 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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