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Median Home Price in Mount Airy, NC

The median home value in Mount Airy, NC is $220,745 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.46% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$220,745

Year-over-Year

+3.46%

Population

10,590

Mount Airy ranks #86 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 28.7% below the state's city median of $309,616. It sits in Surry County, where the county-wide median is $242,752.

Housing affordability in Mount Airy

Median household income in Mount Airy is $40,275, so the typical home value is about 5.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Mount Airy

Mount Airy police recorded a violent crime rate of 312 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,436 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Mount Airy

What is the average home price in Mount Airy, NC?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Mount Airy, that value is $220,745. That's up 3.46% from a year earlier. It is about 28.7% below the typical North Carolina city tracked here.

Is Mount Airy expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Mount Airy are cheaper than Surry County as a whole, where the median is $242,752 — a difference of about 9.1%.

Is Mount Airy affordable?

Median household income here is $40,275, so the typical home value is about 5.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Mount Airy a safe place to live?

Mount Airy police reported 312 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 10,590. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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