Trend of Rental Yield in North Carolina

Place in County	2015 Housing Units	2015 Population	2009 Population	Population Percentage Change Latest to Earliest	Population change rank compared to Nation	Population change rank compared to state	2015 Median Gross Rent	2009 Median Gross Rent	Median Gross Rent Percentage Change Latest to Earliest	Median Gross Rent change rank compared to Nation	Median Gross Rent change rank compared to state	2015 Home Value	2009 Home Value	Home Value Percentage Change Latest to Earliest	Home Value change rank compared to Nation	Home Value change rank compared to state	2015 Rental Yield	2009 Rental Yield	Rental Yield Percentage Change Latest to Earliest	Rental Yield change rank compared to Nation	Rental Yield change rank compared to state
North Carolina	4,417,210	9,845,333.0	9,045,705.0	8.8	NA	NA	797.0	702.0	13.5	NA	NA	154,900.0	143,700.0	7.8	NA	NA	6.2	5.9	5.3	NA	NA
Hoke County	19,529	51,075	42,410	20.4	71	1	832	671	24.0	564	13	141,500	108,600	30.3	221	3	7.1	7.4	-4.8	2,591	93
Wake County	392,813	976,019	828,759	17.8	107	2	948	826	14.8	1,530	44	234,000	213,200	9.8	1,357	33	4.9	4.6	4.6	1,822	60
Brunswick County	80,412	115,926	98,712	17.4	111	3	846	757	11.8	1,986	66	182,500	183,300	-0.4	2,327	86	5.6	5.0	12.2	1,117	22
Union County	75,313	213,422	181,852	17.4	113	4	868	769	12.9	1,820	56	197,400	190,000	3.9	1,967	66	5.3	4.9	8.6	1,428	39
Watauga County	32,737	52,240	44,636	17.0	120	5	825	738	11.8	1,982	64	231,700	199,600	16.1	814	15	4.3	4.4	-3.7	2,524	91
Cabarrus County	74,504	188,375	161,473	16.7	129	6	823	727	13.2	1,759	54	167,100	155,900	7.2	1,634	44	5.9	5.6	5.6	1,706	54
Mecklenburg County	412,598	990,288	861,189	15.0	157	7	938	814	15.2	1,448	39	184,800	180,100	2.6	2,085	75	6.1	5.4	12.3	1,114	21
Pitt County	76,269	173,798	151,931	14.4	170	8	736	650	13.2	1,754	53	135,300	120,400	12.4	1,103	23	6.5	6.5	0.8	2,187	76
Harnett County	48,676	124,320	108,885	14.2	177	9	781	679	15.0	1,490	41	135,400	118,500	14.3	942	18	6.9	6.9	0.7	2,196	78
Johnston County	69,430	178,396	156,888	13.7	192	10	774	709	9.2	2,350	81	145,500	131,500	10.6	1,256	28	6.4	6.5	-1.3	2,356	83
Duplin County	25,584	59,453	52,358	13.6	194	11	622	527	18.0	1,089	26	87,900	82,200	6.9	1,660	48	8.5	7.7	10.4	1,269	30
Durham County	125,685	288,817	256,296	12.7	227	12	895	786	13.9	1,660	48	183,800	173,200	6.1	1,747	51	5.8	5.4	7.3	1,548	47
New Hanover County	104,141	213,091	189,463	12.5	238	13	907	820	10.6	2,152	72	214,300	218,300	-1.8	2,407	90	5.1	4.5	12.7	1,088	19
Jackson County	26,322	40,812	36,447	12.0	270	14	628	592	6.1	2,682	91	171,900	156,500	9.8	1,349	32	4.4	4.5	-3.4	2,503	90
Pender County	27,071	55,166	49,408	11.7	288	15	818	722	13.3	1,740	52	153,400	130,800	17.3	731	8	6.4	6.6	-3.4	2,500	89
Orange County	56,297	138,644	124,503	11.4	304	16	935	795	17.6	1,144	28	272,600	239,500	13.8	975	20	4.1	4.0	3.3	1,952	63
Onslow County	74,206	183,753	165,181	11.2	310	17	943	755	24.9	506	11	154,000	127,000	21.3	503	6	7.3	7.1	3.0	1,988	65
Transylvania County	19,310	32,928	29,886	10.2	364	18	666	632	5.4	2,726	92	192,000	167,200	14.8	895	17	4.2	4.5	-8.2	2,749	96
Iredell County	69,904	165,066	150,346	9.8	390	19	796	695	14.5	1,560	46	166,300	154,100	7.9	1,552	41	5.7	5.4	6.1	1,663	51
Wayne County	53,141	124,355	113,290	9.8	393	20	716	613	16.8	1,235	30	110,400	102,800	7.4	1,612	42	7.8	7.2	8.8	1,420	38
Chatham County	29,632	67,431	61,444	9.7	395	21	818	728	12.4	1,896	60	223,500	184,000	21.5	489	5	4.4	4.7	-7.5	2,727	95
Buncombe County	115,426	247,336	225,869	9.5	406	22	829	711	16.6	1,264	32	192,400	179,700	7.1	1,645	46	5.2	4.7	8.9	1,406	37
Lincoln County	33,864	79,578	72,728	9.4	414	23	671	617	8.8	2,399	82	153,200	136,900	11.9	1,128	24	5.3	5.4	-2.8	2,457	87
Henderson County	55,199	109,719	100,333	9.4	420	24	750	668	12.3	1,907	61	182,300	175,400	3.9	1,963	65	4.9	4.6	8.0	1,475	43
Graham County	5,930	8,700	7,964	9.2	425	25	572	389	47.0	87	2	120,700	103,700	16.4	796	13	5.7	4.5	26.3	426	8
Guilford County	222,057	506,763	464,041	9.2	429	26	771	718	7.4	2,578	88	156,100	149,500	4.4	1,906	61	5.9	5.8	2.8	2,006	67
Perquimans County	7,030	13,498	12,367	9.1	431	27	728	575	26.6	421	7	165,800	145,800	13.7	987	21	5.3	4.7	11.3	1,189	24
Franklin County	26,788	62,296	57,201	8.9	451	28	729	648	12.5	1,876	57	129,500	117,300	10.4	1,290	29	6.8	6.6	1.9	2,085	73
Moore County	44,881	91,743	84,280	8.9	454	29	771	642	20.1	860	20	199,100	170,700	16.6	776	10	4.6	4.5	3.0	1,991	66
Camden County	4,129	10,161	9,375	8.4	498	30	1,186	850	39.5	138	3	209,800	216,600	-3.1	2,486	93	6.8	4.7	44.1	123	2
Hyde County	3,406	5,693	5,256	8.3	502	31	822	706	16.4	1,290	34	90,600	94,100	-3.7	2,520	95	10.9	9.0	20.9	619	12
Craven County	45,745	104,450	96,789	7.9	530	32	894	708	26.3	434	8	154,500	144,200	7.1	1,637	45	6.9	5.9	17.9	754	15
Carteret County	48,694	68,228	63,369	7.7	558	33	794	671	18.3	1,055	24	196,800	198,700	-1.0	2,359	87	4.8	4.1	19.5	670	13
Alamance County	67,804	155,258	144,769	7.2	596	34	745	702	6.1	2,679	90	138,100	133,700	3.3	2,022	68	6.5	6.3	2.7	2,015	68
Bladen County	17,637	34,720	32,412	7.1	607	35	629	548	14.8	1,525	43	85,000	73,100	16.3	803	14	8.9	9.0	-1.3	2,350	82
Bertie County	9,767	20,518	19,187	6.9	627	36	619	529	17.0	1,213	29	78,400	74,200	5.7	1,791	55	9.5	8.6	10.7	1,235	27
Ashe County	17,441	27,114	25,467	6.5	679	37	628	531	18.3	1,068	25	151,500	138,600	9.3	1,411	35	5.0	4.6	8.2	1,459	41
Polk County	11,450	20,327	19,107	6.4	693	38	743	608	22.2	700	17	190,700	168,300	13.3	1,017	22	4.7	4.3	7.8	1,492	44
Wilson County	35,671	81,581	76,765	6.3	718	39	715	688	3.9	2,816	95	116,300	108,800	6.9	1,668	49	7.4	7.6	-2.8	2,451	86
Swain County	8,769	14,163	13,367	6.0	764	40	587	591	-0.7	2,976	98	126,700	121,900	3.9	1,962	64	5.6	5.8	-4.4	2,568	92
Columbus County	25,912	57,230	54,050	5.9	769	41	596	530	12.5	1,881	58	83,900	86,700	-3.2	2,491	94	8.5	7.3	16.2	848	17
Rutherford County	33,860	66,865	63,153	5.9	770	42	594	509	16.7	1,244	31	106,600	98,400	8.3	1,506	40	6.7	6.2	7.7	1,504	45
Clay County	7,195	10,656	10,084	5.7	811	43	653	537	21.6	736	18	147,900	151,600	-2.4	2,444	91	5.3	4.3	24.6	482	9
Robeson County	52,454	134,871	127,686	5.6	815	44	603	525	14.9	1,518	42	70,200	68,100	3.1	2,041	71	10.3	9.3	11.4	1,184	23
Person County	18,183	39,262	37,301	5.3	877	45	626	637	-1.7	3,000	99	115,500	114,900	0.5	2,261	84	6.5	6.7	-2.2	2,413	84
Edgecombe County	24,707	55,280	52,586	5.1	898	46	639	590	8.3	2,461	83	82,200	81,100	1.4	2,195	81	9.3	8.7	6.9	1,594	49
Davidson County	72,895	163,867	156,033	5.0	914	47	655	605	8.3	2,468	84	132,200	123,300	7.2	1,632	43	5.9	5.9	1.0	2,165	75
Cumberland County	142,119	324,603	309,316	4.9	925	48	869	762	14.0	1,636	47	129,300	110,300	17.2	736	9	8.1	8.3	-2.7	2,448	85
Warren County	11,750	20,468	19,545	4.7	971	49	633	498	27.1	393	6	96,400	93,400	3.2	2,031	70	7.9	6.4	23.2	535	10
Hertford County	10,564	24,368	23,281	4.7	985	50	635	577	10.1	2,235	78	83,000	80,800	2.7	2,078	74	9.2	8.6	7.1	1,561	48
Haywood County	35,086	59,170	56,535	4.7	989	51	710	648	9.6	2,302	80	161,300	150,900	6.9	1,669	50	5.3	5.2	2.5	2,038	71
Greene County	8,152	21,328	20,402	4.5	1,006	52	602	587	2.6	2,876	96	87,700	86,100	1.9	2,160	79	8.2	8.2	0.7	2,193	77
Granville County	23,136	58,109	55,670	4.4	1,033	53	768	666	15.3	1,438	38	142,600	127,700	11.7	1,154	25	6.5	6.3	3.3	1,957	64
Vance County	19,990	44,829	42,987	4.3	1,045	54	644	618	4.2	2,800	94	97,900	94,500	3.6	1,998	67	7.9	7.8	0.6	2,208	79
Forsyth County	159,748	361,684	346,851	4.3	1,046	55	732	654	11.9	1,966	63	151,100	146,300	3.3	2,023	69	5.8	5.4	8.4	1,448	40
Pamlico County	7,569	12,982	12,470	4.1	1,082	56	732	655	11.8	1,987	67	150,800	115,500	30.6	210	2	5.8	6.8	-14.4	2,951	100
Macon County	25,303	33,919	32,607	4.0	1,097	57	731	612	19.4	938	21	165,600	167,900	-1.4	2,374	88	5.3	4.4	21.1	607	11
Madison County	10,672	21,027	20,227	4.0	1,117	58	629	583	7.9	2,519	87	159,900	152,100	5.1	1,843	58	4.7	4.6	2.6	2,025	69
Gaston County	89,702	209,807	202,149	3.8	1,151	59	731	657	11.3	2,049	69	125,100	115,300	8.5	1,492	39	7.0	6.8	2.5	2,035	70
Wilkes County	33,017	68,946	66,563	3.6	1,192	60	587	509	15.3	1,436	37	114,800	105,100	9.2	1,417	36	6.1	5.8	5.6	1,709	55
Anson County	11,528	26,135	25,243	3.5	1,200	61	661	585	13.0	1,799	55	76,900	80,000	-3.9	2,536	96	10.3	8.8	17.5	772	16
Lenoir County	27,285	58,782	56,831	3.4	1,219	62	668	605	10.4	2,183	74	92,500	91,500	1.1	2,217	82	8.7	7.9	9.2	1,370	34
Beaufort County	25,217	47,561	45,993	3.4	1,225	63	659	575	14.6	1,554	45	115,100	99,400	15.8	836	16	6.9	6.9	-1.0	2,333	81
Cherokee County	17,667	27,092	26,203	3.4	1,230	64	666	531	25.4	476	9	142,600	135,800	5.0	1,854	59	5.6	4.7	19.4	672	14
Currituck County	14,849	24,492	23,713	3.3	1,253	65	991	761	30.2	300	5	229,900	233,100	-1.4	2,375	89	5.2	3.9	32.0	295	4
McDowell County	20,893	44,961	43,587	3.2	1,289	66	583	495	17.8	1,119	27	98,400	96,500	2.0	2,151	78	7.1	6.2	15.5	904	18
Caldwell County	37,633	81,758	79,382	3.0	1,325	67	604	564	7.1	2,609	89	108,100	106,400	1.6	2,181	80	6.7	6.4	5.4	1,727	56
Davie County	18,205	41,447	40,297	2.9	1,359	68	674	694	-2.9	3,027	100	169,300	155,000	9.2	1,418	37	4.8	5.4	-11.1	2,864	97
Dare County	33,863	34,863	33,976	2.6	1,418	69	1,048	969	8.2	2,487	85	283,400	343,200	-17.4	2,974	100	4.4	3.4	31.0	323	5
Lee County	24,208	59,418	57,919	2.6	1,428	70	711	611	16.4	1,299	35	136,900	129,100	6.0	1,758	52	6.2	5.7	9.7	1,317	33
Stanly County	27,216	60,586	59,136	2.5	1,469	71	653	590	10.7	2,139	71	128,200	121,900	5.2	1,838	57	6.1	5.8	5.2	1,743	57
Alexander County	16,177	37,158	36,278	2.4	1,473	72	584	580	0.7	2,946	97	124,600	116,400	7.0	1,648	47	5.6	6.0	-5.9	2,653	94
Randolph County	61,221	142,370	139,443	2.1	1,558	73	638	590	8.1	2,489	86	120,700	117,100	3.1	2,042	72	6.3	6.0	4.9	1,786	59
Nash County	42,387	94,722	92,814	2.1	1,570	74	728	642	13.4	1,722	51	118,600	115,700	2.5	2,101	76	7.4	6.7	10.6	1,242	28
Northampton County	11,567	21,011	20,611	1.9	1,592	75	644	514	25.3	483	10	82,500	72,300	14.1	958	19	9.4	8.5	9.8	1,309	32
Stokes County	21,836	46,661	45,916	1.6	1,670	76	614	533	15.2	1,456	40	117,400	114,700	2.4	2,115	77	6.3	5.6	12.5	1,101	20
Gates County	5,225	11,724	11,555	1.5	1,702	77	776	666	16.5	1,278	33	144,300	109,800	31.4	195	1	6.5	7.3	-11.3	2,871	98
Sampson County	27,166	63,873	62,996	1.4	1,719	78	588	533	10.3	2,201	77	87,600	86,700	1.0	2,224	83	8.1	7.4	9.2	1,372	35
Surry County	33,565	73,170	72,166	1.4	1,720	79	606	501	21.0	795	19	115,500	99,100	16.5	783	11	6.3	6.1	3.8	1,901	62
Jones County	4,863	10,166	10,028	1.4	1,724	80	653	547	19.4	946	22	93,900	85,700	9.6	1,383	34	8.3	7.7	9.0	1,396	36
Yadkin County	17,250	37,971	37,520	1.2	1,762	81	591	512	15.4	1,423	36	124,400	104,200	19.4	601	7	5.7	5.9	-3.3	2,493	88
Tyrrell County	2,003	4,152	4,112	1.0	1,824	82	675	438	54.1	54	1	98,800	107,400	-8.0	2,742	99	8.2	4.9	67.5	26	1
Rowan County	60,167	138,361	137,387	0.7	1,916	83	722	644	12.1	1,942	62	128,300	122,900	4.4	1,910	63	6.8	6.3	7.4	1,533	46
Burke County	40,711	89,548	88,987	0.6	1,935	84	609	552	10.3	2,198	76	113,100	103,900	8.9	1,451	38	6.5	6.4	1.4	2,132	74
Montgomery County	15,994	27,601	27,456	0.5	1,969	85	550	492	11.8	1,983	65	90,900	81,500	11.5	1,173	27	7.3	7.2	0.2	2,233	80
Rockingham County	43,621	92,300	92,007	0.3	2,014	86	611	549	11.3	2,043	68	106,700	100,800	5.9	1,773	54	6.9	6.5	5.1	1,757	58
Richmond County	20,943	46,046	45,947	0.2	2,049	87	600	487	23.2	625	15	78,600	67,500	16.4	791	12	9.2	8.7	5.8	1,688	52
Chowan County	7,266	14,656	14,629	0.2	2,055	88	734	616	19.2	967	23	135,900	123,400	10.1	1,316	30	6.5	6.0	8.2	1,460	42
Martin County	11,595	23,729	23,699	0.1	2,076	89	596	530	12.5	1,882	59	85,500	77,800	9.9	1,342	31	8.4	8.2	2.3	2,054	72
Alleghany County	8,128	10,911	10,905	0.1	2,098	90	623	508	22.6	664	16	146,600	131,400	11.6	1,168	26	5.1	4.6	9.9	1,299	31
Caswell County	10,582	23,174	23,228	-0.2	2,182	91	571	519	10.0	2,240	79	98,400	93,200	5.6	1,801	56	7.0	6.7	4.2	1,859	61
Catawba County	67,820	154,610	155,157	-0.4	2,216	92	672	604	11.3	2,051	70	132,700	126,800	4.7	1,890	60	6.1	5.7	6.3	1,639	50
Pasquotank County	16,865	40,018	40,334	-0.8	2,314	93	861	697	23.5	596	14	158,800	163,000	-2.6	2,450	92	6.5	5.1	26.8	416	7
Avery County	13,988	17,695	17,903	-1.2	2,411	94	671	638	5.2	2,747	93	137,100	145,000	-5.4	2,622	97	5.9	5.3	11.2	1,194	25
Cleveland County	43,291	97,178	98,331	-1.2	2,418	95	668	605	10.4	2,184	75	104,400	100,000	4.4	1,909	62	7.7	7.3	5.8	1,690	53
Scotland County	15,173	35,932	36,394	-1.3	2,438	96	623	564	10.5	2,175	73	79,100	79,400	-0.4	2,321	85	9.5	8.5	10.9	1,224	26
Mitchell County	8,734	15,330	15,690	-2.3	2,631	97	558	491	13.6	1,688	50	141,100	108,700	29.8	233	4	4.7	5.4	-12.5	2,905	99
Washington County	6,455	12,668	12,979	-2.4	2,641	98	635	510	24.5	530	12	82,700	88,100	-6.1	2,658	98	9.2	6.9	32.6	285	3
Halifax County	25,719	53,407	55,118	-3.1	2,747	99	662	582	13.7	1,678	49	86,600	84,100	3.0	2,055	73	9.2	8.3	10.5	1,258	29
Yancey County	11,058	17,604	18,336	-4.0	2,843	100	600	437	37.3	166	4	140,500	132,500	6.0	1,759	53	5.1	4.0	29.5	355	6