Cost of living in Burke County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,147 a month.
That HUD number covers Burke County, North Carolina, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $961
- 1 bed
- $965
- 2 bed
- $1,147
- 3 bed
- $1,399
- 4 bed
- $1,707
This county is in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 88.5 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Morganton · 17,646 people
- Valdese · 4,704 people
- Connelly Springs · 2,427 people
- Salem · 2,377 people
- Hildebran · 2,207 people
- Icard · 2,153 people
- Drexel · 2,146 people
- Glen Alpine · 1,991 people
- Rutherford College · 1,374 people
- Rhodhiss · 1,166 people