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The median home value in Swain County, NC is $327,862 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.26% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$327,862
Year-over-Year
-0.26%
National Rank
#771 of 3071
Swain County ranks 32nd out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +39.9% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Swain County +19.6% above the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $52,349 a year against a typical home value of $327,862 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.3×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 94% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Swain County is $327,862. That's down 0.26% from a year earlier. That is about 39.9% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Swain County the 32nd most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $52,349, so a typical home costs about 6.3× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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