Home values, rents and more in Bessemer City, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Bessemer City compares
The typical home in Bessemer City, NC is worth about $237,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bessemer City are 38% below the typical value in the Charlotte metro area ($381,000) and 35% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Bessemer City rose 0.5%, compared with −0.8% in the Charlotte metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,415 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 18% below the Charlotte metro area ($1,735) and 27% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,300, against $83,304 in the Charlotte metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 5,580 people live in Bessemer City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Bessemer City has the 13th-lowest typical home value of the 76 cities in the Charlotte metro area and the 209th-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Gaston County, NC · Charlotte metro area · North Carolina
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.