The median home value in Durham, NC is $400,564 as of 2026-06-30, down 3.24% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$400,564
Year-over-Year
-3.24%
Population
300,208
Durham ranks #31 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.1% above the state's city median of $310,273. It sits in Durham County, where the county-wide median is $401,000.
Durham police recorded a violent crime rate of 619 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,800 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Durham is $400,564. That's down 3.24% from a year earlier. That is about 29.1% above the typical county in North Carolina.
Homes in Durham are cheaper than Durham County as a whole, where the median is $401,000 — a difference of about 0.1%.
Durham police reported 619 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 300,208. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
Raleigh · Wilmington · Hendersonville · Pineville · Leland · Concord · Garner · Wendell