Icard, NC housing market
The typical Icard home is worth about $225,000, up 4.8% in a year, 33% below the North Carolina typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Icard compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Icard at a glance
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value above is the steadier guide.
Typical home value, 2019–2026
Show as a table
| January | Icard | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $127,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $154,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $171,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $198,000 | $320,000 |
| 2024 | $208,000 | $332,000 |
| 2025 | $217,000 | $338,000 |
| 2026 | $218,000 | $336,000 |
| August 2026 | $225,000 | $335,000 |
Icard and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icard | $225K | +4.8% | $1,090 | $44,641 |
| Hildebran | — | — | $980 | $55,703 |
5 years of income
The typical Icard home costs about 5 years of the town's median household income, more than across North Carolina (4.6 years).
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Icard is $1,090 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Icard pay a median of $842, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put. A two-bedroom takes about 29% of the town's median household income.
Studio $860 · 4 bedrooms $1,650
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (28602, 28612, 28666; 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, 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.