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Home values, rents and more in Walnut Cove, NC

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

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Typical home value
$241,000
Metro: $278,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+9.3%
Metro: +1.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
2,115
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$44,815
Metro: $65,975 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Walnut Cove, NC, shaded by typical home valueWalnut Cove27052
  • Under $250k
  • $250k–$260k
  • $260k+
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ZIP codes around Walnut Cove, NC, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Walnut Cove is outlined.

How Walnut Cove compares

The typical home in Walnut Cove, NC is worth about $241,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Walnut Cove are 13% below the typical value in the Winston-Salem metro area ($278,000) and 34% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Walnut Cove rose 9.3%, compared with +1.7% in the Winston-Salem metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $44,815, against $65,975 in the Winston-Salem metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 2,115 people live in Walnut Cove (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Walnut Cove has the 5th-lowest typical home value of the 23 cities in the Winston-Salem metro area and the 214th-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.

Part of: Stokes County, NC · Winston 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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