Home values, rents and more in Kinston, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Kinston compares
The typical home in Kinston, NC is worth about $145,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Kinston are 4% below the typical value in the Kinston metro area ($150,000) and 60% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Kinston rose 3.7%, compared with +5.3% in the Kinston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,181 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Kinston metro area ($1,214) and 39% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $36,878, against $45,143 in the Kinston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 19,505 people live in Kinston (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Kinston has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 4 cities in the Kinston metro area and the 71st-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lenoir County, NC · Kinston 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.