Housing Report for Montgomery County, North Carolina

In Montgomery County, the census reported 14,685 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding in all 297 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.1 percent.

Montgomery County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $77,200, according to the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall State of North Carolina 2000 home median value of $108,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

Throughout the State of North Carolina, Montgomery County stands 79 of 100 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,896 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Montgomery County, North Carolina. In 2000, 77 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Montgomery County can be understood as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2000, the Decennial Census reports that 1.8 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau