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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in North Carolina (2026)

Bertie has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in North Carolina, at $281, followed by Halifax and Northampton (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in North Carolina

Top 25 of 100 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in North Carolina
RankCountyValue
1Bertie$281
2Halifax$525
3Northampton$527
4Washington$541
5Hertford$585
6Martin$617
7Jones$631
8Robeson$653
9Richmond$665
10Edgecombe$679
11Anson$691
12Scotland$709
13Bladen$739
14Sampson$747
15Lenoir$751
16Tyrrell$835
17Greene$893
18Wayne$920
19Vance$920
20Duplin$922
21Columbus$937
22Montgomery$967
23Rockingham$981
24Caswell$1,027
25Hyde$1,066

How this ranking works

This page ranks North Carolina counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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