Cost of living in Catawba County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,147 a month.
That HUD number covers Catawba 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
- Hickory · 44,258 people
- Newton · 13,333 people
- Lake Norman of Catawba · 9,906 people
- St. Stephens · 9,457 people
- Conover · 8,580 people
- Long View · 5,011 people
- Mountain View · 3,982 people
- Maiden · 3,788 people
- Claremont · 1,922 people