Home values, rents and more in Raleigh, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Raleigh compares
The typical home in Raleigh, NC is worth about $425,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Raleigh are about the same as the typical value in the Raleigh metro area ($428,000) and 16% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Raleigh fell 1.7%, compared with −1.7% in the Raleigh metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,572 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% below the Raleigh metro area ($1,669) and 19% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $85,395, against $100,103 in the Raleigh metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 481,031 people live in Raleigh (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Raleigh has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Raleigh metro area and the 91st-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Wake County, NC · Raleigh metro area · North Carolina
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Nearby cities
ZIP codes in Raleigh, NC
- 27601 · Raleigh $494,000
- 27603 · Raleigh $406,000
- 27604 · Raleigh $336,000
- 27605 · Raleigh $391,000
- 27606 · Raleigh $431,000
- 27607 · Raleigh $708,000
- 27608 · Raleigh $1,036,000
- 27609 · Raleigh $546,000
- 27610 · Raleigh $309,000
- 27612 · Raleigh $564,000
- 27613 · Raleigh $580,000
- 27614 · Raleigh $671,000
- 27615 · Raleigh $533,000
- 27616 · Raleigh $348,000
- 27617 · Raleigh $430,000
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.