Home values, rents and more in the Winston-Salem metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Winston-Salem metro compares
The typical home in the Winston-Salem metro area is worth about $278,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Winston-Salem metro are 16% below the typical value in North Carolina ($332,000) and 24% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Winston-Salem metro rose 1.7%, compared with −0.2% in North Carolina and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,529 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below North Carolina ($1,603) and 21% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,975, against $72,388 in North Carolina and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 712,206 people live in the Winston-Salem metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Winston-Salem metro has the 394th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 17th-highest of 38 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: North Carolina
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Winston-Salem metro
Cities in the Winston-Salem metro
- Winston-Salem, NC $260,000
- Kernersville, NC $319,000
- Thomasville, NC $235,000
- Clemmons, NC $384,000
- Lexington, NC $272,000
- Lewisville, NC $401,000
- King, NC $275,000
- Mocksville, NC $283,000
- Walkertown, NC $268,000
- Rural Hall, NC $271,000
- Yadkinville, NC $247,000
- Jonesville, NC $151,000
- Tobaccoville, NC $267,000
- Walnut Cove, NC $241,000
- Boonville, NC $225,000
- Denton, NC $264,000
- Advance, NC $413,000
- Germanton, NC $271,000
- Cooleemee, NC $126,000
- East Bend, NC $260,000
- Pinnacle, NC $287,000
- Bethania, NC $286,000
- Danbury, NC $242,000
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.