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The median home value in Avery County, NC is $388,739 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.37% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$388,739
Year-over-Year
-1.37%
National Rank
#494 of 3071
Avery County ranks 23rd out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +65.9% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Avery County +41.8% above the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $61,428 a year against a typical home value of $388,739 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.3×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 95% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Avery County is $388,739. That's down 1.37% from a year earlier. That is about 65.9% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Avery County the 23rd most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $61,428, so a typical home costs about 6.3× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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