The North Carolina cities with the strongest composite momentum scores.
North Carolina cities ranked by our composite momentum score — recent price changes, distance from peak, and population growth.
Use this list as a within-state shortlist; for full data, open any city profile.
1Oak Island, NCMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach · pop 9,32279Hot$572,756median home+1.5%home YoY 2Graham, NCBurlington · pop 19,31178Hot$295,264median home+1.3%home YoY 3Weddington, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 14,39178Hot$1,074,184median home+2.0%home YoY 4King, NCWinston-Salem · pop 7,76478Hot$278,928median home+5.8%home YoY 5Marvin, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 6,98578Hot$1,258,629median home+1.5%home YoY 6Holly Ridge, NCJacksonville · pop 5,76678Hot$346,267median home+3.4%home YoY 8Sanford, NCSanford · pop 32,97177Rising$291,935median home+1.0%home YoY 9Havelock, NCNew Bern · pop 17,40777Rising$234,391median home+4.1%home YoY 10Greenville, NCGreenville · pop 95,13876Rising$235,708median home+1.6%home YoY 11Lincolnton, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 12,35376Rising$297,961median home+2.6%home YoY 12New Bern, NCNew Bern · pop 34,21875Rising$283,025median home+2.4%home YoY 13Statesville, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 31,69375Rising$298,935median home+3.2%home YoY 14Walkertown, NCWinston-Salem · pop 6,02775Rising$271,382median home+3.1%home YoY 15Ayden, NCGreenville · pop 5,19075Rising$225,648median home+2.2%home YoY 16Lexington, NCWinston-Salem · pop 19,90474Rising$273,516median home+6.2%home YoY 17Kinston, NCKinston · pop 19,51974Rising$146,737median home+4.8%home YoY 18Davidson, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 16,27674Rising$658,840median home+1.1%home YoY 19Archdale, NCGreensboro-High Point · pop 12,14774Rising$251,427median home+3.9%home YoY 20Gibsonville, NCGreensboro-High Point · pop 9,74474Rising$307,806median home+1.6%home YoY 21Wesley Chapel, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 9,49574Rising$657,993median home+0.7%home YoY 22Dunn, NCFayetteville · pop 8,75474Rising$228,656median home+2.9%home YoY 23Roxboro, NCDurham-Chapel Hill · pop 8,28974Rising$220,453median home+7.6%home YoY 24Cherryville, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 6,38574Rising$251,749median home+1.9%home YoY 25Dallas, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 6,27074Rising$277,935median home+1.0%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.