Home values, rents and more in Johnston County, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Johnston County, NC compares
The typical home in Johnston County, NC is worth about $340,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Johnston County, NC are 21% below the typical value in the Raleigh metro area ($428,000) and 7% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Johnston County, NC fell 0.6%, compared with −1.7% in the Raleigh metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,754 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% above the Raleigh metro area ($1,669) and 9% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $83,384, against $100,103 in the Raleigh metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 256,448 people live in Johnston County, NC (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Johnston County, NC has the lowest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Raleigh metro area and the 28th-highest of 100 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Raleigh 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.