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Cost of living in Glen Raven, North Carolina

Glen Raven, North Carolina has about 3,506 people. Typical rent is $743 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $63,173 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $743 a month.

Glen Raven is a Census community, not a separate city government in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $63,173 a year.

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People
3,506
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$743
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$63,173
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$224,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,348
Burlington, NC MSA
Gas
$4.035
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026

Glen Raven, North Carolina has about 3,506 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $224,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Alamance County is $1,348 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Glen Raven. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Burlington, NC metro area, prices sit at 93.2 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Glen Raven's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Glen Raven's bill.

EIA does not publish a North Carolina gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in North Carolina shares this price.

Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 351 have higher typical rent than Glen Raven.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.