Housing Report for Transylvania County, North Carolina

In Transylvania County, there were a total of 16,788 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 877 residential structures since 2001, a change of 5.5 percent.

In the State of North Carolina, Transylvania County ranks 46 of 100 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 749 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Transylvania County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $122,300, published by the Decennial Census. This value is greater than the overall State of North Carolina 2000 home value of $108,300 and greater than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

Transylvania County is made up of a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2000, the Decennial Census counted that 1.3 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Transylvania County, North Carolina. In 2000, 51.5 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau