Home values, rents and more in Monroe, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Monroe compares
The typical home in Monroe, NC is worth about $352,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Monroe are 8% below the typical value in the Charlotte metro area ($381,000) and 4% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Monroe fell 0.6%, compared with −0.8% in the Charlotte metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,896 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% above the Charlotte metro area ($1,735) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $72,540, against $83,304 in the Charlotte metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 36,759 people live in Monroe (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Monroe has the 32nd-highest typical home value of the 76 cities in the Charlotte metro area and the 154th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Union County, NC · Charlotte 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.