A typical Catawba home is worth about $321,000
Up 3.1% in a year, close to the North Carolina typical home.
Only 4 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
Up 32.1% in five years
Faster than North Carolina (23.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Catawba | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $154,000 | $179,000 |
| 2018 | $163,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $172,000 | $203,000 |
| 2020 | $190,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $220,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $246,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $283,000 | $320,000 |
| 2024 | $303,000 | $332,000 |
| 2025 | $313,000 | $338,000 |
| 2026 | $317,000 | $336,000 |
| August 2026 | $321,000 | $335,000 |
A typical Catawba home worth $150K in September 2016 is worth about $321K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 6.8 years of income
More than across North Carolina (4.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $133K short of a typical Catawba home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,360 a month here, $510 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Catawba’s typical property tax (0.71% 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 $1,360
Renters already here pay a median of $1,118, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
71% of Catawba households own their home
Half of Catawba’s homes were built before 1957.
North Carolina: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
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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. 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.