Home values, rents and more in Mills River, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Mills River compares
The typical home in Mills River, NC is worth about $528,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Mills River are 27% above the typical value in the Asheville metro area ($416,000) and 44% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Mills River fell 3.1%, compared with −3.3% in the Asheville metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,988 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 1.8 times the Asheville metro area ($1,702) and 1.5 times the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $105,398, against $71,838 in the Asheville metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 7,281 people live in Mills River (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Mills River has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 18 cities in the Asheville metro area and the 46th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Henderson County, NC · Asheville 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.