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Cost of living in Hertford, North Carolina

Hertford, North Carolina has about 1,618 people. Typical rent is $613 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $40,250 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 $613 a month.

Hertford is a town in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $40,250 a year.

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People
1,618
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$613
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$40,250
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$176,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,040
Perquimans County, NC

Hertford, North Carolina has about 1,618 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $176,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Perquimans County is $1,040 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Hertford. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

North Carolina's prices sit at 94.3 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

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

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for North Carolina in the table we use.

Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 384 have higher typical rent than Hertford.

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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.