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The median home value in Beaufort County, NC is $236,023 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.29% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$236,023
Year-over-Year
+2.29%
National Rank
#1521 of 3071
Beaufort County ranks 67th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +0.7% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Beaufort County -13.9% below the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $58,357 a year against a typical home value of $236,023 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.0×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 64% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Beaufort County recorded a violent crime rate of 520 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,380 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 9,616 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Beaufort County is $236,023. That's up 2.29% from a year earlier. That is about 0.7% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Beaufort County the 67th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $58,357, so a typical home costs about 4.0× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Beaufort County recorded 520 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 9,616 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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