Homeownership Rate in Watauga County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Homeownership Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Homeownership Change
National Distribution
How Watauga County's homeownership rate of 62.1% 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 Watauga County for homeownership rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,898 | Jefferson County, KY | 62.1% |
| #2,899 | Decatur County, GA | 62.1% |
| #2,900 | San Luis Obispo County, CA | 62.1% |
| #2,901 | Watauga County, NC | 62.1% |
| #2,902 | San Bernardino County, CA | 62.1% |
| #2,903 | Candler County, GA | 62.0% |
| #2,904 | Madison County, TN | 62.0% |
About Homeownership Rate
Watauga County, North Carolina has a homeownership rate of 62.1%, ranking #2,901 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.6% below the national value of 64.4%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #87 of 100. This places it in the 10th 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.