Mount Holly, NC housing market
The typical Mount Holly home is worth about $358,000, up 0.6% in a year, 7% above the North Carolina typical home. Homes typically sell in 67 days, close to asking.
Home values, sales, trends and how Mount Holly compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Mount Holly at a glance
A seller's market
Supply is tight — about 2.7 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Mount Holly | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $173,000 | $179,000 |
| 2018 | $187,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $205,000 | $203,000 |
| 2020 | $221,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $250,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $309,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $342,000 | $320,000 |
| 2024 | $346,000 | $332,000 |
| 2025 | $356,000 | $338,000 |
| 2026 | $359,000 | $336,000 |
| August 2026 | $358,000 | $335,000 |
Mount Holly and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holly | $358K | +0.6% | $1,380 | $79,385 |
| Belmont | $431K | +0.2% | $1,480 | $94,883 |
4.5 years of income
The typical Mount Holly home costs about 4.5 years of the town's median household income, about the same as across North Carolina (4.6).
How Mount Holly ranks on affordability →
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Mount Holly is $1,380 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Mount Holly pay a median of $1,256. A two-bedroom takes about 21% of the town's median household income.
Studio $1,200 · 4 bedrooms $2,160
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (28012, 28120; Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area), 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.