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The median home value in Jackson County, NC is $452,528 as of 2026-07-31, unchanged from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$452,528
Year-over-Year
-0.0%
National Rank
#297 of 3071
Jackson County ranks 11th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +93.1% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Jackson County +65.1% above the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $55,815 a year against a typical home value of $452,528 — a price-to-income ratio of 8.1×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That makes it one of the least affordable counties in the country relative to local wages. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Jackson County is $452,528. That's essentially unchanged from a year earlier. That is about 93.1% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Jackson County the 11th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $55,815, so a typical home costs about 8.1× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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