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The median home value in Cleveland County, NC is $214,273 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.5% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$214,273
Year-over-Year
-0.5%
National Rank
#1769 of 3071
Cleveland County ranks 76th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is -8.6% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Cleveland County -21.8% below the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $58,534 a year against a typical home value of $214,273 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 51% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Cleveland County recorded a violent crime rate of 904 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,374 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 34,073 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Cleveland County is $214,273. That's down 0.5% from a year earlier. That is about 8.6% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Cleveland County the 76th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $58,534, so a typical home costs about 3.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Cleveland County recorded 904 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 34,073 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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