Moore County, NC real estate

What the numbers say

Moore County, NC real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Moore County listed for $472,450, down 2.6% from a year earlier. That is 18% above the North Carolina median of $400,000.

Homes spent a median of 76 days on the market, slower than 65 days a year ago. That makes Moore County the #44 fastest-selling of 53 North Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Moore County pay a median of $1,849 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $351,400, an effective rate of about 0.53%. The North Carolina average is 0.66%, which makes Moore County the #17 lowest-tax of 100 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,254 a month, and $1,125 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 31 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 $472,000 home here comes to about $2,980 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $128,000 a year (the median household here earns $86,080).