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Housing in Goldsboro

A typical Goldsboro home is worth about $335,000

Up 4% in a year, 22% below the Maryland typical home.

Typical home value
$335K
▲ 4% in a year · MD $428K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,530
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Goldsboro?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Goldsboro

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You could afford about
$401,000
Typical Goldsboro home $335K

That covers a typical Goldsboro home, with $66K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,030
Loan $1,660Tax $270Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,530 a month here, $500 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Maryland typical property tax (0.97% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 15.2% in five years

About the same pace as Maryland (13.5%).

GoldsboroMaryland
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryGoldsboroMaryland
2017$186,000$290,000
2018$196,000$301,000
2019$203,000$310,000
2020$231,000$322,000
2021$263,000$349,000
2022$293,000$384,000
2023$292,000$398,000
2024$306,000$412,000
2025$324,000$427,000
2026$331,000$429,000
August 2026$335,000$428,000
Then & now

A typical Goldsboro home worth $184K in September 2016 is worth about $335K today.

+$151K
+4%
past year
+15.2%
past 5 years
+82.2%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,530

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,160
1 bedroom$1,170
2 bedrooms$1,530
3 bedrooms$1,930
4 bedrooms$2,500

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Caroline County, MD): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Goldsboro in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Goldsboro has permitted 4 homes in all.

Single-family
012 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
4
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−35
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Goldsboro's population fell by 35 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Maryland: 2.5 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$150,000
2025110$150,000
2024110$150,000
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020110$205,000
2019110$205,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007220$120,000
2006110$100,000
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Goldsboro's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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