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Home values, rents and more in Spindale, NC

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$153,000
Metro: $214,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.5%
Metro: +2.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
4,131
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$41,262
Metro: $51,410 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Spindale, NC, shaded by typical home valueSpindale28160
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  • $170k–$180k
  • $180k–$200k
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ZIP codes around Spindale, NC, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Spindale is outlined.

How Spindale compares

The typical home in Spindale, NC is worth about $153,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Spindale are 29% below the typical value in the Forest City metro area ($214,000) and 58% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Spindale rose 3.5%, compared with +2.5% in the Forest City metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $41,262, against $51,410 in the Forest City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 4,131 people live in Spindale (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Spindale has the lowest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Forest City metro area and the 82nd-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.

Part of: Rutherford County, NC · Forest 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.

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