Cost of living in Caldwell County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,147 a month.
That HUD number covers Caldwell 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).
SNAP income limit in North Carolina · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Lenoir · 18,299 people
- Sawmills · 5,042 people
- Granite Falls · 4,929 people
- Hudson · 3,772 people
- Gamewell · 3,689 people
- Cajah's Mountain · 2,704 people
- Northlakes · 1,716 people