Homeownership Rate in Wake County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
64.1%
Rank #2,797/3,222 · #81 in NC
13th
Wake 64.1%
NC 66.6% -3.8%
US 64.4% -0.4%
Homeownership Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Homeownership Change
National Distribution
How Wake County's homeownership rate of 64.1% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 96.1%.
Distribution of Homeownership Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Wake County for homeownership rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,794 | Aleutians East Borough, AK | 64.2% |
| #2,795 | Cabell County, WV | 64.2% |
| #2,796 | Hays County, TX | 64.1% |
| #2,797 | Wake County, NC | 64.1% |
| #2,798 | Schenectady County, NY | 64.0% |
| #2,799 | Larimer County, CO | 64.0% |
| #2,800 | Angelina County, TX | 64.0% |
About Homeownership Rate
Wake County, North Carolina has a homeownership rate of 64.1%, ranking #2,797 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.4% below the national value of 64.4%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #81 of 100. This places it in the 13th percentile nationally.
Percentage of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.