Forsyth County, NC real estate

What the numbers say

Forsyth County, NC real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Forsyth County listed for $339,450, down 3.0% from a year earlier. That is 15% below the North Carolina median of $400,000.

Homes spent a median of 58 days on the market, slower than 51 days a year ago. That makes Forsyth County the #4 fastest-selling of 53 North Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Forsyth County pay a median of $1,984 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $250,400, an effective rate of about 0.79%. The North Carolina average is 0.66%, which makes Forsyth County the #82 lowest-tax of 100 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,098 a month, and $1,054 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 26 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $339,000 home here comes to about $2,216 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $95,000 a year (the median household here earns $67,165).