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Home values, rents and more in Ellenboro, NC

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$185,000
Metro: $214,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.1%
Metro: +2.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
901
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$49,769
Metro: $51,410 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Ellenboro, NC, shaded by typical home valueEllenboro
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ZIP codes around Ellenboro, NC, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Ellenboro is outlined.

How Ellenboro compares

The typical home in Ellenboro, NC is worth about $185,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ellenboro are 14% below the typical value in the Forest City metro area ($214,000) and 49% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Ellenboro rose 3.1%, compared with +2.5% in the Forest City metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $49,769, against $51,410 in the Forest City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 901 people live in Ellenboro (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Ellenboro has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Forest City metro area and the 123rd-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.

Part of: Rutherford County, NC · Forest City 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.

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