Rowan County, NC real estate

What the numbers say

Rowan County, NC real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Rowan County listed for $327,119, down 0.9% from a year earlier. That is 18% below the North Carolina median of $400,000.

Homes spent a median of 66 days on the market, slower than 64 days a year ago. That makes Rowan County the #25 fastest-selling of 53 North Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Rowan County pay a median of $1,554 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $238,400, an effective rate of about 0.65%. The North Carolina average is 0.66%, which makes Rowan County the #52 lowest-tax of 100 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,013 a month, and $991 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 27 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 $327,000 home here comes to about $2,097 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $90,000 a year (the median household here earns $65,725).