Home values, rents and more in Elm City, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Elm City compares
The typical home in Elm City, NC is worth about $229,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Elm City are 6% above the typical value in the Wilson metro area ($216,000) and 38% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Elm City rose 0.4%, compared with −0.4% in the Wilson metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $36,150, against $56,423 in the Wilson metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,292 people live in Elm City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Elm City has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 6 cities in the Wilson metro area and the 192nd-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Wilson County, NC · Wilson 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.