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The median home value in Burke County, NC is $257,627 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.07% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$257,627
Year-over-Year
+2.07%
National Rank
#1294 of 3071
Burke County ranks 58th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +9.9% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Burke County -6.0% below the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $58,592 a year against a typical home value of $257,627 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.4×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 73% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Burke County is $257,627. That's up 2.07% from a year earlier. That is about 9.9% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Burke County the 58th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $58,592, so a typical home costs about 4.4× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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