Home values, rents and more in New Bern, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How New Bern compares
The typical home in New Bern, NC is worth about $283,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in New Bern are 8% above the typical value in the New Bern metro area ($262,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in New Bern rose 1.7%, compared with +2.5% in the New Bern metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,555 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the New Bern metro area ($1,588) and 20% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,031, against $64,475 in the New Bern metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 32,734 people live in New Bern (American Community Survey 2020–24).
New Bern has the 6th-highest typical home value of the 20 cities in the New Bern metro area and the 248th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Craven County, NC · New Bern 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.