Home values, rents and more in Forest City, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Forest City compares
The typical home in Forest City, NC is worth about $189,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Forest City are 12% below the typical value in the Forest City metro area ($214,000) and 48% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Forest City rose 3.8%, compared with +2.5% in the Forest City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $35,524, against $51,410 in the Forest City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 7,363 people live in Forest City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Forest City has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Forest City metro area and the 131st-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.