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The median home value in Rutherford County, NC is $220,005 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.94% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$220,005
Year-over-Year
+4.94%
National Rank
#1718 of 3071
Rutherford County ranks 74th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is -6.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Rutherford County -19.7% below the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $51,410 a year against a typical home value of $220,005 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.3×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 71% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Rutherford County is $220,005. That's up 4.94% from a year earlier. That is about 6.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Rutherford County the 74th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $51,410, so a typical home costs about 4.3× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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