Guilford County, NC real estate

What the numbers say

Guilford County, NC real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Guilford County listed for $337,068, down 5.7% from a year earlier. That is 16% below the North Carolina median of $400,000.

Homes spent a median of 58 days on the market, slower than 50 days a year ago. That makes Guilford County the #5 fastest-selling of 53 North Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Guilford County pay a median of $2,174 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $259,900, an effective rate of about 0.84%. The North Carolina average is 0.66%, which makes Guilford County the #86 lowest-tax of 100 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,163 a month, and $1,122 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 24 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 $337,000 home here comes to about $2,213 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 $68,642).