Housing · Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown, NC housing market

The typical Elizabethtown home is worth about $151,000, up 1% in a year, 55% below the North Carolina typical home.

Home values, sales, trends and how Elizabethtown compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.

The market right now

Elizabethtown at a glance

Typical home value
$151K
▲ 1% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend

Typical home value, 2017–2026

ElizabethtownNorth Carolina
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K 20182020202220242026 Elizabethtown $151K North Carolina $335K
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JanuaryElizabethtownNorth Carolina
2018$114,000$190,000
2019$119,000$203,000
2020$121,000$215,000
2021$131,000$242,000
2022$140,000$287,000
2023$145,000$320,000
2024$149,000$332,000
2025$156,000$338,000
2026$157,000$336,000
August 2026$151,000$335,000
Affordability

5.2 years of income

The typical Elizabethtown home costs about 5.2 years of the town's median household income, more than across North Carolina (4.6 years).

How Elizabethtown ranks on affordability →

Home value ÷ ACS median household income.

The homes

Owners, rent & taxes

Homeownership
46.9%
North Carolina: 66.6%
Median tax bill
$1,214
North Carolina: $1,896
Median rent
$439
North Carolina: $1,228
Typical home built
1978
North Carolina: 1991

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Elizabethtown is $930 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Elizabethtown pay a median of $439, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put. A two-bedroom takes about 38% of the town's median household income, above the 30% guideline for affordable housing.

1 bedroom
$700
a month, with utilities
2 bedrooms
$930
a month, with utilities
3 bedrooms
$1,260
a month, with utilities
Share of income
38%
2 bedrooms ÷ median income

Studio $700 · 4 bedrooms $1,300

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (28337; Bladen County, NC), 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.

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