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Home values, rents and more in Forsyth County, NC

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

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Typical home value
$281,000
Metro: $278,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.4%
Metro: +1.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,533/mo
Metro: $1,529 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+4.8%
Metro: +4.8% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
401,718
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$67,165
Metro: $65,975 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Forsyth County, NC, shaded by typical home valueForsythGuilfordSurryStokesRockinghamYadkinDavie
  • Under $240k
  • $240k–$250k
  • $250k–$270k
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Counties around Forsyth County, NC, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Forsyth County, NC is outlined.

How Forsyth County, NC compares

The typical home in Forsyth County, NC is worth about $281,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Forsyth County, NC are about the same as the typical value in the Winston-Salem metro area ($278,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Forsyth County, NC rose 0.4%, compared with +1.7% in the Winston-Salem metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,533 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Winston-Salem metro area ($1,529) and 21% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.8% over the past year.

The median household income is $67,165, against $65,975 in the Winston-Salem metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 401,718 people live in Forsyth County, NC (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Forsyth County, NC has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 5 counties in the Winston-Salem metro area and the 46th-highest of 100 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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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