housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Wilkes 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 | $723 | ± $37 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $715 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $712 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $653 | ± $26 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $168,800 | ± $8,937 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $161,400 | ± $7,996 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $146,200 | ± $7,459 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $133,200 | ± $6,490 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.2 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.9 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.9 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.8 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Wilkes County is $723, 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.