Home values, rents and more in the Rocky Mount metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Rocky Mount metro compares
The typical home in the Rocky Mount metro area is worth about $198,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Rocky Mount metro are 40% below the typical value in North Carolina ($332,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Rocky Mount metro rose 1.4%, compared with −0.2% in North Carolina and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,273 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 21% below North Carolina ($1,603) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $59,636, against $72,388 in North Carolina and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 148,486 people live in the Rocky Mount metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Rocky Mount metro has the 244th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 8th-lowest of 38 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.