Cedar Rock, NC housing market
The typical Cedar Rock home is worth about $486,000, about the same as a year ago, 45% above the North Carolina typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Cedar Rock compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Cedar Rock at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Cedar Rock | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $270,000 | $179,000 |
| 2018 | $285,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $302,000 | $203,000 |
| 2020 | $315,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $347,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $417,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $447,000 | $320,000 |
| 2024 | $465,000 | $332,000 |
| 2025 | $481,000 | $338,000 |
| 2026 | $485,000 | $336,000 |
| August 2026 | $486,000 | $335,000 |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Cedar Rock is $1,150 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Cedar Rock pay a median of $1,094.
Studio $790 · 4 bedrooms $1,930
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (28645; Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.