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Home values, rents and more in Guilford County, NC

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

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Typical home value
$274,000
Metro: $261,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.1%
Metro: +0.8% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,429/mo
Metro: $1,406 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+2.4%
Metro: +2.5% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
562,234
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$68,642
Metro: $65,565 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Guilford County, NC, shaded by typical home valueGuilfordRandolphRockinghamDavidsonStokesAlamanceCaswellForsythChatham
  • Under $190k
  • $190k–$240k
  • $240k–$270k
  • $270k–$290k
  • $290k+
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Counties around Guilford County, NC, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Guilford County, NC is outlined.

How Guilford County, NC compares

The typical home in Guilford County, NC is worth about $274,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Guilford County, NC are 5% above the typical value in the Greensboro metro area ($261,000) and 25% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Guilford County, NC rose 0.1%, compared with +0.8% in the Greensboro metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,429 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Greensboro metro area ($1,406) and 26% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.4% over the past year.

The median household income is $68,642, against $65,565 in the Greensboro metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 562,234 people live in Guilford County, NC (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Guilford County, NC has the highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Greensboro metro area and the 49th-highest of 100 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.

Part of: Greensboro 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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