The story of this market
The typical home in Stokes County, North Carolina sells for about $290,000, or $172 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.12%), a market in balance. Homes take about 44 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 70% since 2000. Last year 6 of 13 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,332 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,332 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+20.1%). Worst: 2009 (-4.4%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.7%
NC · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,754
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 13 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
36
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $10,892,299.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
75.5%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1686 | 910 | 75.5% | 1.1% | $145,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Stokes County, North Carolina
Stokes County's housing market displays stable rural-exurban dynamics with median home values holding steady near $265,000 to $290,000. Moderate inventory and average market times around 44 days highlight balanced conditions where buyers and sellers maintain equal leverage.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 9 cities · 12 ZIP reports
Median prices moved up 1.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 70 days on market with 2.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
4% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 34.63% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.7% · poverty 12.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 12 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Stokes County, North Carolina — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 27009 | Belews Creek | $315,839 | $185 | +3.8% | 44 | 99% | 28% | 3.6 | 3,247 | $1,500 | researched Sep 17 |
| 27016 | Danbury | $234,061 | $167 | +3.4% | 36 | 98% | 22% | 12.1 | 1,996 | $1,506 | researched Sep 16 |
| 27019 | Germanton | $273,658 | $154 | +9.5% | 49 | 98% | 22% | 3 | 50 | $777 | researched Sep 16 |
| 27021 | King | $289,000 | $171 | -19.5% | 105 | 98.5% | — | 1 | 12 | $851 | researched Sep 16 |
| 27022 | Germanton | $279,000 | $201 | -9.1% | 119 | — | — | — | 339 | $754 | researched Sep 17 |
| 27024 | Lowgap | $296,838 | $169 | +3.4% | 74 | — | — | — | 1,352 | $662 | researched Sep 19 |
| 27042 | Pine Hall | $249,900 | $169 | 0% | 74 | — | — | — | 926 | $1,010 | researched Sep 20 |
| 27043 | — | $348,000 | $162 | +2.1% | 44 | 99% | 12% | 3.2 | 58 | $853 | researched Sep 20 |
| 27046 | Sandy Ridge | $265,398 | $158 | +8% | 68 | 98.7% | — | 3.6 | 325 | $584 | researched Sep 20 |
| 27048 | Stoneville | $236,950 | $158 | +2.1% | 42 | 98.2% | 12.5% | 3.4 | 48 | $841 | researched Oct 4 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Stokes County maintains a lower violent crime rate than both North Carolina and national benchmarks, driven by its rural geography. Property crimes like equipment theft and minor larceny represent the majority of reported offenses, while violent crime remains rare.
Stokes County Schools serves the entire jurisdiction, with performance generally hovering near or slightly below state composite proficiencies. West Stokes High School and select elementary campuses regularly outperform regional averages.
The county faces relatively low overall environmental risk, though localized flash flooding occurs along the Dan River and lower creek bottoms during heavy tropical precipitation. Wildfire risk is slight to moderate within heavily forested tracts near Hanging Rock State Park.
Stokes functions predominantly as an exurban bedroom and agricultural community connected directly to Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Local commercial expansion is focused around the US-52 corridor near King, while regional commuting fuels most income growth.
Stokes County assesses ad valorem property taxes via its County Tax Assessor using statutory revaluation cycles conducted every four to eight years. The county property tax rate sits at approximately $0.66 per $100 of assessed value, complemented by local volunteer fire district rates and North Carolina homestead and present-use agricultural value exemptions.
Hanging Rock State Park anchors local recreation with over 30 miles of hiking trails, rock climbing, waterfalls, and a swimming lake. The Dan River corridor offers extensive canoeing, kayaking, and tube-floating, supplemented by local parks in King and Walnut Cove.
The rental inventory in Stokes County is limited and largely composed of detached single-family houses and duplexes rather than garden-style apartment communities. Rental demand is anchored primarily in King and along major transit links toward Forsyth County.
The county economy is centered on education, public administration, healthcare, light manufacturing, and agricultural production. A substantial portion of the civilian labor force commutes southward into the Winston-Salem and Piedmont Triad employment hubs.
US Route 52 (Future I-74) is the spine of Stokes County, providing seamless multi-lane access south to Forsyth County and north to Mount Airy and Virginia. State highways NC-8, NC-66, and NC-89 link rural municipalities without direct rail transit.
Residential planning remains predominantly low-density, focusing on rural subdivisions, single-family custom builds, and preservation of open-space conservation easements.
The Stokes County Tax Administration conducts county-wide reappraisals according to North Carolina General Statutes on an established cycle. Appraisals reflect fair market values adjusted during revaluation, with annual adjustments limited to new construction or zoning changes.
Parcels are subject to county property taxes alongside localized volunteer fire protection districts. Municipalities like King, Walnut Cove, and Danbury levy supplemental municipal property taxes for city-administered services.
Homeowners insurance premiums in Stokes County remain relatively modest due to inland geography and minimal hurricane wind exposure. Properties in forested mountain interfaces may face specialized underwriting standards for brushfire protection.
- Dave & Buster's Winston-Salem4.224.7 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.329.3 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.116.7 mi
- The Farm Dobson4.924.9 mi
- Armstrong Artisan Farm4.910.4 mi
- Martinsville Speedway4.725.6 mi
- Bowman Gray Stadium4.723.6 mi
- Benton Convention Center4.522.4 mi
- Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum4.420.6 mi
- Woods of Terror4.529.4 mi
- Hanging Rock State Park4.81.5 mi
- Pilot Mountain State Park4.814.8 mi
- The Grand Winston-Salem by Santikos4.517.4 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.116.7 mi
- Mayo River State Park4.515.8 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park4.626.3 mi
- Kaleideum4.622.6 mi
- Andy Griffith Museum4.621.5 mi
- Old Salem Museums & Gardens4.623.6 mi
- Mabry Mill4.724.5 mi
- Hanging Rock State Park4.81.5 mi
- Pilot Mountain State Park4.814.8 mi
- Mayo River State Park4.515.8 mi
- Tory's Den Cave4.64.1 mi
- Historic Bethabara Park4.718.9 mi
- Lake Brandt Marina4.628.2 mi
- Carolina Marina @ Belews Lake4.714.8 mi
- Salem Lake Marina Center & Fishing Station4.622.9 mi
- Philpott Marina4.726.9 mi
- Pine Knolls Golf Club4.518.8 mi
- Pilot Knob Park Country Club4.613.9 mi
- Hemlock Golf Course4.46.8 mi
- Cooks Flea Market4.117.7 mi
- Harris Teeter4.519.6 mi
- Dewberry Farm4.719.6 mi
- Marshalls4.416.2 mi
- Ross Dress for Less416.3 mi
- Piedmont Triad International Airport4.427.8 mi
- GSO Airport4.627.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Spans over 9,000 acres in the Sauratown Mountains featuring iconic quartzite peaks, five waterfalls, a 12-acre lake, camping sites, and rock climbing routes.
Meanders across the county offering extensive public river access points for paddling, tubing, and smallmouth bass angling.
Features sports fields, disc golf, walking trails, and an amphitheater hosting community gatherings and festivals.
Houses the 1904 Historic Courthouse, local art galleries, and craft shops near the foothills of the Sauratown Mountains.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year tables and Stokes County published demographics.
applies when — Applies to parcels where the title holder has created or is subject to recorded easements, restrictions, or conditions.
Imposes binding limitations on the use, development, or maintenance of the parcel as defined in the recorded instrument.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-6.4
A tax lien attaches to all real property, taking priority over all other liens and encumbrances regardless of when they were created.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-355
applies when — Applies to parcels governed by a Homeowners' Association (Chapter 47F) or Condominium Association (Chapter 47C) where assessments remain unpaid.
Associations may file a claim of lien and foreclose in a manner similar to a mortgage under power of sale, or through a civil action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47F-3-116 and § 47C-3-116
Allows for non-judicial foreclosure, though it requires a hearing before the Clerk of Superior Court to authorize the sale. Borrowers are entitled to a pre-foreclosure notice at least 45 days prior to the filing of a notice of hearing for primary residences.
N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 45, Article 2A and Article 11
Tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value of the property by the combined state and local tax rate. The formula is: Tax = (Assessed Value / 100) * Tax Rate. Assessment is based on the true value in money, with counties required to conduct revaluations at least every eight years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 105, Article 12 (2025)
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.