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The median home value in Haywood County, NC is $345,457 as of 2026-07-31, down 3.42% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$345,457
Year-over-Year
-3.42%
National Rank
#675 of 3071
Haywood County ranks 28th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +47.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Haywood County +26.0% above the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $61,912 a year against a typical home value of $345,457 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.6×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 90% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Haywood County recorded a violent crime rate of 406 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 2,803 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 16,981 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Haywood County is $345,457. That's down 3.42% from a year earlier. That is about 47.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Haywood County the 28th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $61,912, so a typical home costs about 5.6× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Haywood County recorded 406 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 16,981 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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