Year

Rank

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Median Monthly Housing Cost

U.S. Average

North Carolina

Housing Costs

Median Monthly Housing Costs

What does this mean?

Housing costs reflect economic vitality and affordability for the workforce.

Why does this matter?

Informs a major expense of cost of living in a community or city. Whether a rent and/or mortgage payment, it impacts disposable income, quality of life and can be a determinant of recruitment of industry and/or wages to be paid by said industry.

NC Life Index

North Carolina Ranking

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* Source: US Census Bureau

Housing Costs

State	2010-01	2011-01	2012-01	2013-01	2014-01	2015-01	2016-01	2017-01	2018-01	2019-01
Alabama	604	635	658	675	685	684	692	718	751	778
Alaska	1,005	1,055	1,099	1,127	1,148	1,162	1,197	1,243	1,297	1,292
Arizona	866	891	898	895	890	885	900	946	997	1,069
Arkansas	550	573	594	612	624	628	638	665	698	709
California	1,212	1,251	1,282	1,301	1,313	1,320	1,356	1,433	1,531	1,695
Colorado	969	997	1,027	1,046	1,061	1,075	1,110	1,178	1,258	1,417
Connecticut	1,172	1,224	1,265	1,289	1,297	1,297	1,312	1,360	1,416	1,442
Delaware	936	991	1,020	1,039	1,044	1,037	1,042	1,085	1,131	1,149
District of Columbia	1,088	1,177	1,251	1,323	1,378	1,406	1,447	1,535	1,624	1,748
Florida	906	932	940	940	935	928	943	988	1,045	1,129
Georgia	819	849	870	884	890	884	897	933	980	1,054
Hawaii	1,220	1,275	1,335	1,377	1,401	1,416	1,442	1,504	1,569	1,665
Idaho	712	737	757	771	773	773	790	826	866	928
Illinois	900	935	964	977	985	982	996	1,036	1,088	1,126
Indiana	696	714	731	742	747	749	758	788	823	858
Iowa	630	652	676	696	713	719	738	776	818	870
Kansas	673	701	729	749	764	772	787	822	866	902
Kentucky	577	601	624	645	656	661	678	709	747	779
Louisiana	611	641	665	682	695	698	713	747	785	809
Maine	722	755	782	801	811	818	833	865	905	944
Maryland	1,188	1,248	1,293	1,320	1,330	1,335	1,354	1,407	1,470	1,521
Massachusetts	1,145	1,185	1,223	1,245	1,259	1,274	1,306	1,374	1,456	1,581
Michigan	776	789	799	803	803	797	805	834	870	902
Minnesota	875	905	926	938	943	943	960	1,007	1,061	1,125
Mississippi	565	589	604	622	632	633	641	664	692	709
Missouri	667	697	721	741	752	754	765	801	841	863
Montana	605	632	658	681	696	709	728	767	810	859
Nebraska	668	692	718	743	759	769	789	831	876	933
Nevada	1,036	1,047	1,038	1,017	993	972	980	1,022	1,080	1,192
New Hampshire	1,066	1,103	1,139	1,152	1,164	1,167	1,184	1,234	1,294	1,372
New Jersey	1,259	1,317	1,364	1,397	1,408	1,406	1,426	1,486	1,554	1,617
New Mexico	634	661	686	709	723	725	736	761	792	802
New York	975	1,021	1,068	1,105	1,132	1,147	1,174	1,229	1,297	1,362
North Carolina	710	741	766	785	797	800	813	848	890	941
North Dakota	534	567	595	628	652	679	702	751	797	822
Ohio	722	742	759	770	774	772	783	812	849	871
Oklahoma	588	615	643	667	684	692	707	739	775	805
Oregon	828	861	898	926	939	950	986	1,050	1,120	1,250
Pennsylvania	746	779	809	834	848	856	873	911	955	981
Rhode Island	661	688	714	735	745	748	764	1,128	1,180	1,248
South Carolina	578	606	632	653	669	681	699	795	834	880
South Dakota	649	678	705	725	735	739	754	732	773	840
Tennessee	765	795	823	845	861	871	899	786	828	877
Texas	881	916	947	966	974	976	998	948	1,010	1,096
Utah	997	1,047	1,087	1,114	1,121	1,124	1,141	1,045	1,104	1,134
Vermont	968	1,014	1,048	1,072	1,083	1,094	1,125	1,055	1,104	1,286
Virginia	447	470	491	511	523	532	542	1,186	1,241	1,434
Washington	777	804	826	840	848	848	857	1,194	1,282	607
West Virginia	653	699	729	757	773	785	795	567	596	951
Wisconsin	261	275	295	307	322	325	329	891	928	910
Wyoming	844	876	903	921	931	933	951	842	883
U.S. Average	802	836	864	884	895	900	918	977	1,028	1,082