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Pilot Mountain, NC housing market

The typical Pilot Mountain home is worth about $289,000, up 6.9% in a year, 14% below the North Carolina typical home.

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

The market right now

Pilot Mountain at a glance

Typical home value
$289K
▲ 6.9% in a year · Zillow
Median sale price
$250K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in May · 8 for sale

Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value above is the steadier guide.

Ten-year trend

Typical home value, 2016–2026

Pilot MountainNorth Carolina
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K 20182020202220242026 Pilot Mountain $289K North Carolina $335K
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JanuaryPilot MountainNorth Carolina
2017$147,000$179,000
2018$152,000$190,000
2019$161,000$203,000
2020$170,000$215,000
2021$197,000$242,000
2022$220,000$287,000
2023$238,000$320,000
2024$257,000$332,000
2025$275,000$338,000
2026$276,000$336,000
August 2026$289,000$335,000
Affordability

5.9 years of income

The typical Pilot Mountain home costs about 5.9 years of the town's median household income, more than across North Carolina (4.6 years).

Home value ÷ ACS median household income.

The homes

Owners, rent & taxes

Homeownership
55.9%
North Carolina: 66.6%
Median tax bill
$1,563
North Carolina: $1,896
Median rent
$969
North Carolina: $1,228
Typical home built
1966
North Carolina: 1991

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $940

HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Pilot Mountain is $940 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Pilot Mountain pay a median of $969. A two-bedroom takes about 23% of the town's median household income.

1 bedroom
$770
a month, with utilities
2 bedrooms
$940
a month, with utilities
3 bedrooms
$1,180
a month, with utilities
Share of income
23%
2 bedrooms ÷ median income

Studio $730 · 4 bedrooms $1,440

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (27041; Winston-Salem, NC 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.

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