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Housing in Arrowhead Beach

A typical Arrowhead Beach home is worth roughly $237,000

Home prices around Arrowhead Beach have risen about 61% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$237K
▲ 11.3% in a year · NC $335K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,230
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,221
NC $1,896

What kind of housing town is Arrowhead Beach?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 61% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Arrowhead Beach rose 61% over the past 5 years, about the same as across North Carolina. Last year prices rose 11%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Arrowhead Beach home at roughly $237,000 today.

Arrowhead Beach areaNorth Carolina
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+11%
past year
+61%
past 5 years
+92%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $237K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Arrowhead Beach, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.6 years of income

Less than across North Carolina (4.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$272,000
Typical Arrowhead Beach home $237K

That covers a typical Arrowhead Beach home, with $35K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,360
Loan $1,170Tax $120Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $130 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Arrowhead Beach’s typical property tax (0.62% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

95% of Arrowhead Beach households own their home

Half of Arrowhead Beach’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

North Carolina: 67% own.

1985
typical home built · NC 1991
$1,221
median property tax bill · NC $1,896
0.62%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NC 0.66%
6%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930
1 bedroom$940
2 bedrooms$1,230
3 bedrooms$1,480
4 bedrooms$1,630
5%
of households rent · NC 33%
4
renter households
100%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NC 49%
22%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Arrowhead Beach vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Arrowhead Beach. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Arrowhead Beach$237K*+11.3%†$1,230$66,667
Chowan Beach—+11.3%†$1,230$23,095

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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