A typical Lake Junaluska home is worth about $443,000
Down 3.1% in a year, 32% above the North Carolina typical home. Homes typically sell in 35 days, close to asking.
What Lake Junaluska’s housing numbers say
A second-home town
25% of Lake Junaluska’s homes are seasonal or vacation homes, empty for much of the year. Year-round rentals are scarce: there are 263 renter households. The homes ↓
Hard to buy on a local income
A typical Lake Junaluska home costs 6.7 years of the median household income, against 4.6 years across North Carolina. At Lake Junaluska’s median household income of $66,000, the calculator below reaches about $273K, $170K short of the typical home. Can I afford it? ↓
An older housing stock
Half of Lake Junaluska’s homes were built before 1970, against 1991 for North Carolina as a whole. Older homes can mean character, and also bigger heating and repair bills, so an inspection matters. The homes ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through August 2026; sales and supply are Redfin’s for May 2026; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Up 22.5% in five years
About the same pace as North Carolina (23.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Lake Junaluska | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $233,000 | $179,000 |
| 2018 | $244,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $252,000 | $203,000 |
| 2020 | $272,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $309,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $373,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $416,000 | $320,000 |
| 2024 | $438,000 | $332,000 |
| 2025 | $456,000 | $338,000 |
| 2026 | $446,000 | $336,000 |
| August 2026 | $443,000 | $335,000 |
A typical Lake Junaluska home worth $232K in September 2016 is worth about $443K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A balanced market
About 4.3 months of supply: neither buyers nor sellers have a clear edge.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A typical home costs 6.7 years of income
More than across North Carolina (4.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $170K short of a typical Lake Junaluska home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270 a month here, $1,230 less than owning.
How Lake Junaluska ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lake Junaluska’s typical property tax (0.47% 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 $1,270
Renters already here pay a median of $1,137, 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 (Haywood County, NC): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
75% of Lake Junaluska households own their home
Half of Lake Junaluska’s homes were built before 1970.
North Carolina: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Lake Junaluska vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Lake Junaluska. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Junaluska | $443K | −3.1% | $1,270 | — | $66,165 |
| Waynesville | $356K | −3.2% | $1,300 | 152 | $54,923 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
On the market in Lake Junaluska
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lake Junaluska buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.