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Home appreciation in Durham, NC

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Durham, NC grew an average of 10.1% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+2.1%

2025 over 2024. North Carolina: +3.6%.

5-year, per year

+10.1%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. North Carolina: +10.6%.

10-year, per year

+8.1%

+117.8% in total since 2015. North Carolina: +8.1%.

How does your home compare?

Durham, NC home prices rose 117.8% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +69.3% to +141.2%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Durham, NC compares with North Carolina

North Carolina averaged +10.6% a year, putting Durham, NC behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, Durham, NC ranks 100th out of 409 metros nationwide and 12th out of 15 in North Carolina.

Index, 2005 = 100

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC and North Carolina, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearDurham-Chapel Hill, NCNorth Carolina
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2101101
2005 Q3102104
2005 Q4104106
2006 Q1105107
2006 Q2106109
2006 Q3107111
2006 Q4110113
2007 Q1110115
2007 Q2112116
2007 Q3112116
2007 Q4113117
2008 Q1114118
2008 Q2114118
2008 Q3114116
2008 Q4114116
2009 Q1114118
2009 Q2113116
2009 Q3112113
2009 Q4112112
2010 Q1111110
2010 Q2110109
2010 Q3111110
2010 Q4109109
2011 Q1108107
2011 Q2107104
2011 Q3108105
2011 Q4108105
2012 Q1108104
2012 Q2107103
2012 Q3108104
2012 Q4109104
2013 Q1108104
2013 Q2109104
2013 Q3110105
2013 Q4110104
2014 Q1112105
2014 Q2113106
2014 Q3113107
2014 Q4114108
2015 Q1116109
2015 Q2117111
2015 Q3119112
2015 Q4120113
2016 Q1120114
2016 Q2123116
2016 Q3126118
2016 Q4127118
2017 Q1127119
2017 Q2132122
2017 Q3135124
2017 Q4136125
2018 Q1139127
2018 Q2143130
2018 Q3144132
2018 Q4147132
2019 Q1150135
2019 Q2151137
2019 Q3152139
2019 Q4153140
2020 Q1156142
2020 Q2157144
2020 Q3160146
2020 Q4162150
2021 Q1165154
2021 Q2177163
2021 Q3188174
2021 Q4196182
2022 Q1206190
2022 Q2229206
2022 Q3235212
2022 Q4230211
2023 Q1234213
2023 Q2241220
2023 Q3240224
2023 Q4242224
2024 Q1246228
2024 Q2251233
2024 Q3255235
2024 Q4253236
2025 Q1251238
2025 Q2256241
2025 Q3258242
2025 Q4261244
2026 Q1260245
2026 Q2261247

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +8.1% a year over ten years, +117.8% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2008, fell 5.4% to its 2011 low, and regained the 2008 level in 2015.

The strongest year was 2022 at +23.9%, and the weakest was 2010 at -2.4%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +2.1%, against +3.6% for the state.

ZIP codes in Durham, NC

Over the ten years to 2025, the 21 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +69.3% in 27574 to +141.2% in 27703, while the metro as a whole rose 117.8%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 27703+141.2%
  2. 27704+136.2%
  3. 27713+131.5%
  4. 27344+126.4%
  5. 27712+123.9%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 27574+69.3%
  2. 27541+88.4%
  3. 27510+92.2%
  4. 27572+93.2%
  5. 27514+93.2%
ZIP codes in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
27703+4.3%+9.4%+9.2%+141.2%
27704-0.2%+9.3%+9.0%+136.2%
27713-4.5%+10.7%+8.8%+131.5%
27344+10.7%+13.0%+8.5%+126.4%
27712-0.9%+10.1%+8.4%+123.9%
27707+2.1%+9.2%+8.1%+117.7%
27243-3.9%+11.5%+7.9%+114.9%
27583+6.2%+11.4%+7.9%+114.2%
27705+1.5%+9.6%+7.9%+114.1%
27701-0.1%+7.7%+7.8%+112.5%
27278+6.4%+9.8%+7.6%+108.2%
27312+9.7%+10.2%+7.4%+103.4%
27573-2.4%+8.7%+7.4%+103.4%
27517+6.1%+10.3%+7.0%+96.6%
27503-0.1%+9.8%+6.9%+95.3%
27516+1.1%+10.2%+6.8%+93.6%
27514+2.2%+10.0%+6.8%+93.2%
27572+4.3%+9.5%+6.8%+93.2%
27510+1.8%+8.9%+6.8%+92.2%
27541+2.7%+8.2%+6.5%+88.4%
27574-10.1%+7.5%+5.4%+69.3%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC and North Carolina, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006105.2+5.2%107.2
2007109.9+4.5%112.9
2008112.1+2.0%114.1
2009111.3-0.7%111.5
2010108.6-2.4%106.5
2011106.0-2.4%102.6
2012106.2+0.1%100.9
2013107.4+1.2%101.6
2014111.4+3.7%103.8
2015115.9+4.1%108.2
2016121.9+5.2%113.4
2017130.3+6.9%119.4
2018141.0+8.3%126.8
2019149.1+5.7%134.0
2020156.2+4.7%141.8
2021178.6+14.4%163.6
2022221.2+23.9%199.5
2023235.3+6.4%214.3
2024247.2+5.1%226.7
2025252.5+2.1%235.0

The 15 measured metros in North Carolina

Measured metros in North Carolina ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC+3.7%+11.7%+7.8%
2Wilmington, NC+4.0%+11.7%+8.8%
3Burlington, NC+3.3%+11.3%+7.9%
4Jacksonville, NC+5.3%+11.3%+7.9%
5Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC+4.6%+11.0%+8.2%
6Fayetteville, NC+4.2%+10.9%+6.7%
7Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC+3.3%+10.8%+8.8%
8Winston-Salem, NC+4.3%+10.8%+7.6%
9Goldsboro, NC+4.1%+10.6%+6.2%
10Greensboro-High Point, NC+4.3%+10.6%+7.5%
11Rocky Mount, NC+4.3%+10.2%+6.9%
12Durham-Chapel Hill, NC+2.1%+10.1%+8.1%
13Raleigh-Cary, NC+2.3%+10.0%+7.9%
14Asheville, NC+2.0%+9.8%+8.1%
15Greenville, NC+2.8%+9.6%+6.4%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the North Carolina row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2