Home values, rents and more in Morehead City, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Morehead City compares
The typical home in Morehead City, NC is worth about $413,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Morehead City are 12% below the typical value in the Morehead City metro area ($470,000) and 13% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Morehead City rose 1.4%, compared with +3.0% in the Morehead City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,858 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Morehead City metro area ($1,827) and 4% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $56,233, against $72,322 in the Morehead City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 9,806 people live in Morehead City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Morehead City has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 16 cities in the Morehead City metro area and the 99th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Carteret County, NC · Morehead 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.