Home values, rents and more in Clayton, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Clayton compares
The typical home in Clayton, NC is worth about $361,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Clayton are 16% below the typical value in the Raleigh metro area ($428,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Clayton fell 1.6%, compared with −1.7% in the Raleigh metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,797 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% above the Raleigh metro area ($1,669) and 7% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $78,822, against $100,103 in the Raleigh metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 29,320 people live in Clayton (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Clayton has the 12th-lowest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Raleigh metro area and the 146th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Johnston County, NC · Raleigh 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.