Home values, rents and more in Morganton, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Morganton compares
The typical home in Morganton, NC is worth about $258,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Morganton are 3% below the typical value in the Hickory metro area ($267,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Morganton rose 1.1%, compared with +1.7% in the Hickory metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,436 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% below the Hickory metro area ($1,595) and 26% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $51,355, against $62,787 in the Hickory metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 17,646 people live in Morganton (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Morganton has the 11th-highest typical home value of the 22 cities in the Hickory metro area and the 242nd-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Burke County, NC · Hickory 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.