A typical Burgaw home is worth about $288,000
Up 1.1% in a year, 14% below the North Carolina typical home.
Only 3 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
Up 30.7% in five years
Faster than North Carolina (23.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Burgaw | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $139,000 | $179,000 |
| 2018 | $149,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $155,000 | $203,000 |
| 2020 | $172,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $196,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $230,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $253,000 | $320,000 |
| 2024 | $278,000 | $332,000 |
| 2025 | $292,000 | $338,000 |
| 2026 | $281,000 | $336,000 |
| August 2026 | $288,000 | $335,000 |
A typical Burgaw home worth $137K in September 2016 is worth about $288K today.
How Burgaw ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.2 years of income
Less than across North Carolina (4.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $15K short of a typical Burgaw home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $660 less than owning.
How Burgaw ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Burgaw’s typical property tax (0.69% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010
Renters already here pay a median of $943.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pender County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
10 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 10 new homes in Burgaw in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $3.2 million to build. That's 2.6 per 1,000 residents, slower than across North Carolina (11). Over the past 10 years, Burgaw has permitted 165 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Burgaw's population fell by 784 even though 96 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across North Carolina: 1.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 8 | 4 | 4 | $1.1 million |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 0 | $5.3 million |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $865,000 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $739,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $744,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $657,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $173,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $313,000 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $625,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $432,000 |
| 2008 | 47 | 10 | 37 | $5.3 million |
| 2007 | 75 | 11 | 64 | $8.1 million |
| 2006 | 58 | 58 | 0 | $8.8 million |
| 2005 | 56 | 56 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2003 | 37 | 8 | 29 | $2.7 million |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2000 | 59 | 10 | 49 | $4 million |
How Burgaw ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
68% of Burgaw households own their home
Half of Burgaw’s homes were built before 1987.
North Carolina: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
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What Burgaw buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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.