housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Union 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 | ± $74 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,390 | ± $56 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,274 | ± $54 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,143 | ± $55 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $417,300 | ± $6,990 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $374,400 | ± $6,571 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $336,600 | ± $6,748 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $279,500 | ± $4,496 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.7 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.8 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.8 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.2 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Union 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.