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The median home value in Wilkes County, NC is $227,948 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.19% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$227,948
Year-over-Year
+5.19%
National Rank
#1624 of 3071
Wilkes County ranks 72nd out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is -2.7% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Wilkes County -16.9% below the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $51,721 a year against a typical home value of $227,948 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.4×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 73% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Wilkes County recorded a violent crime rate of 301 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 3,524 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 7,975 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Wilkes County is $227,948. That's up 5.19% from a year earlier. That is about 2.7% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Wilkes County the 72nd most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $51,721, so a typical home costs about 4.4× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Wilkes County recorded 301 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,975 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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