Cost of living in Wake County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,689 a month.
That HUD number covers Wake County, North Carolina, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,489
- 1 bed
- $1,552
- 2 bed
- $1,689
- 3 bed
- $2,103
- 4 bed
- $2,823
This county is in the Raleigh-Cary, NC area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 98.2 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Raleigh · 481,031 people
- Cary · 179,306 people
- Apex · 70,630 people
- Wake Forest · 52,844 people
- Holly Springs · 45,248 people
- Fuquay-Varina · 40,485 people
- Garner · 34,473 people
- Morrisville · 31,422 people
- Knightdale · 20,214 people
- Wendell · 13,064 people
- Rolesville · 10,766 people
- Zebulon · 8,711 people