housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Watauga 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 | $1,127 | ± $85 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,066 | ± $64 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,067 | ± $48 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $948 | ± $51 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $358,900 | ± $18,269 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $321,500 | ± $17,801 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $283,000 | ± $10,549 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $249,500 | ± $13,170 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 45.9 % | ± 7.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 47.1 % | ± 5.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 45.7 % | ± 7.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 42.8 % | ± 5.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Watauga County is $1,127, 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.