Home values, rents and more in Tarboro, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Tarboro compares
The typical home in Tarboro, NC is worth about $157,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Tarboro are 20% below the typical value in the Rocky Mount metro area ($198,000) and 57% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Tarboro fell 0.6%, compared with +1.4% in the Rocky Mount metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,062 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 17% below the Rocky Mount metro area ($1,273) and 45% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $49,796, against $59,636 in the Rocky Mount metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 10,770 people live in Tarboro (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Tarboro has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 13 cities in the Rocky Mount metro area and the 92nd-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Edgecombe County, NC · Rocky Mount 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.