Lowest homeownership rate in North Carolina

North Carolina counties and cities ranked by homeownership rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of North Carolina by homeownership rate — which have the lowest homeownership rate (most renters), according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Pitt County leads at 50.9%.

Among cities & places, Fontana Dam leads at 0.0%.

Counties

Top 100.

#	Name	Homeownership rate
1	Pitt County	50.9%
2	Cumberland County	53.7%
3	Durham County	55.0%
4	Mecklenburg County	55.5%
5	Vance County	57.4%
6	Scotland County	58.9%
7	Wilson County	59.1%
8	Lenoir County	59.3%
9	Edgecombe County	59.4%
10	Guilford County	60.0%
11	New Hanover County	60.7%
12	Onslow County	61.0%
13	Watauga County	61.2%
14	Wayne County	61.5%
15	Jackson County	62.6%
16	Forsyth County	62.7%
17	Halifax County	63.5%
18	Nash County	63.7%
19	Orange County	64.2%
20	Wake County	64.4%
21	Buncombe County	64.4%
22	Richmond County	64.7%
23	Pasquotank County	65.1%
24	Greene County	65.3%
25	Alamance County	65.6%
26	Anson County	65.6%
27	Robeson County	65.6%
28	Gaston County	65.8%
29	Lee County	66.0%
30	Hertford County	66.4%
31	Martin County	68.5%
32	Washington County	68.7%
33	Harnett County	69.5%
34	Chowan County	69.7%
35	Warren County	69.7%
36	Bladen County	69.8%
37	Craven County	69.9%
38	Duplin County	70.0%
39	Beaufort County	70.1%
40	Cleveland County	70.7%
41	Rowan County	71.2%
42	Iredell County	71.5%
43	Hyde County	71.5%
44	Hoke County	71.7%
45	Cabarrus County	72.1%
46	Columbus County	72.3%
47	Rockingham County	72.4%
48	Randolph County	72.7%
49	Catawba County	72.7%
50	Perquimans County	72.7%
51	Sampson County	72.8%
52	Montgomery County	73.1%
53	Northampton County	73.2%
54	Swain County	73.3%
55	Surry County	73.3%
56	Carteret County	73.5%
57	Davidson County	73.5%
58	Stanly County	73.6%
59	Wilkes County	73.9%
60	Caldwell County	74.0%
61	McDowell County	74.0%
62	Rutherford County	74.1%
63	Henderson County	74.2%
64	Bertie County	74.5%
65	Burke County	74.8%
66	Haywood County	75.0%
67	Transylvania County	75.1%
68	Jones County	75.6%
69	Person County	75.9%
70	Caswell County	76.1%
71	Moore County	76.3%
72	Macon County	76.3%
73	Granville County	76.6%
74	Polk County	76.6%
75	Alleghany County	77.1%
76	Yadkin County	77.1%
77	Johnston County	77.1%
78	Yancey County	77.2%
79	Mitchell County	77.6%
80	Dare County	77.8%
81	Madison County	77.9%
82	Franklin County	78.1%
83	Ashe County	78.4%
84	Stokes County	78.4%
85	Lincoln County	78.5%
86	Tyrrell County	78.6%
87	Clay County	79.8%
88	Avery County	80.0%
89	Chatham County	80.4%
90	Graham County	80.8%
91	Alexander County	81.7%
92	Pender County	81.8%
93	Union County	81.8%
94	Gates County	82.3%
95	Pamlico County	83.3%
96	Davie County	83.4%
97	Cherokee County	83.6%
98	Camden County	83.8%
99	Brunswick County	83.8%
100	Currituck County	87.5%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Homeownership rate
1	Fontana Dam	0.0%
2	Hassell	0.0%
3	Cullowhee	7.7%
4	Spring Lake	21.5%
5	Evergreen	22.4%
6	Boone	23.7%
7	Belvoir	28.3%
8	Pembroke	29.4%
9	Buies Creek	31.0%
10	South Weldon	31.0%
11	Bowdens	31.3%
12	Norman	32.3%
13	Louisburg	32.3%
14	Greenville	32.6%
15	Rosman	32.6%
16	Gibson	33.0%
17	Dillsboro	33.6%
18	Warsaw	33.7%
19	Barker Heights	33.9%
20	Smithtown	35.0%
21	Yanceyville	35.5%
22	Bonnetsville	36.4%
23	Jacksonville	37.0%
24	McFarlan	37.1%
25	Enfield	37.3%
26	Maury	37.3%
27	Robbinsville	38.1%
28	Goldsboro	39.2%
29	Lucama	39.4%
30	Grifton	39.4%
31	Henderson	39.6%
32	Brookford	40.0%
33	Potters Hill	40.1%
34	Sylva	40.3%
35	Conetoe	40.8%
36	Elizabeth City	41.0%
37	Forest City	41.1%
38	Lexington	41.2%
39	Dobson	41.3%
40	Columbia	41.5%
41	Robbins	41.5%
42	Chowan Beach	41.6%
43	Gaston	41.8%
44	Ramseur	42.0%
45	Kinston	42.2%
46	Everetts	42.6%
47	Creswell	42.9%
48	Oak City	42.9%
49	Maxton	43.1%
50	Northchase	43.5%
51	Bladenboro	43.5%
52	Dublin	43.6%
53	Carrboro	43.6%
54	Selma	43.6%
55	Chocowinity	43.6%
56	Trenton	43.8%
57	Scotland Neck	43.8%
58	Roper	43.9%
59	Polkton	44.0%
60	Spring Hope	44.0%
61	Star	44.4%
62	Graingers	44.4%
63	Carolina Meadows	44.8%
64	Havelock	45.0%
65	Brunswick	45.0%
66	Lumberton	45.1%
67	Hendersonville	45.1%
68	Lincolnton	45.3%
69	Cricket	45.4%
70	Camden	45.5%
71	Murphy	45.6%
72	Ahoskie	45.6%
73	North Wilkesboro	45.6%
74	Jonesville	45.7%
75	Laurinburg	45.7%
76	Spindale	45.9%
77	Fairmont	46.1%
78	Whiteville	46.2%
79	Clinton	46.4%
80	Vanceboro	46.4%
81	Fayetteville	46.5%
82	Liberty	46.5%
83	Troy	46.5%
84	Elizabethtown	46.5%
85	Asheboro	46.6%
86	Marion	46.6%
87	Wilmington	46.8%
88	Morehead City	47.3%
89	Rocky Mount	47.5%
90	Pineville	47.5%
91	Montreat	47.6%
92	Aurora	47.9%
93	Plymouth	47.9%
94	Calypso	48.0%
95	Beaufort	48.0%
96	Bell Arthur	48.0%
97	Woodland	48.3%
98	Sunbury	48.4%
99	Lowgap	48.5%
100	Bryson City	48.6%

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