What is the median rent in Briar Chapel, NC?

Name: Median rent in Briar Chapel, NC, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Briar Chapel, NC is $3,177 (±$608) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 127 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $3,177 (±$608)
Rented homes: 127 (±88)
$2,000 or more: 100.0%

How much rent costs in Briar Chapel

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Briar Chapel	Chatham County	North Carolina	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±27.8 points)	4.7%	6.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±27.8 points)	33.8%	27.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±27.8 points)	31.8%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±27.8 points)	11.3%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±27.8 points)	7.0%	7.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	38.6% (±40.7 points)	2.4%	2.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	61.4% (±40.7 points)	9.1%	1.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 61.4% of renting households.

100.0% of rented homes in Briar Chapel cost $2,000 or more a month.

Briar Chapel against Chatham County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Briar Chapel	Chatham County	North Carolina	United States
Median gross rent	$3,177 (±$608)	$1,180 (±$99)	$1,228 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	127 (±88)	5,644 (±705)	1,337,899 (±8,405)	42,849,984

In Briar Chapel, median gross rent is higher than in Chatham County ($1,180).

It is also higher than in North Carolina ($1,228).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Chatham County, Briar Chapel ranks 2 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 3 of 586.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Briar Chapel

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Briar Chapel
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Briar Chapel	—	$3,177 (±$608)	—
Fearrington Village	2.8 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Governors Village	5.5 mi	$1,779 (±$188)	Lower
Pittsboro	7.0 mi	$1,211 (±$279)	Lower
Carrboro	7.2 mi	$1,470 (±$67)	Lower
Chapel Hill	8.3 mi	$1,613 (±$56)	Lower
Moncure	14 mi	$544 (±$373)	Lower
Saxapahaw	15 mi	$753 (±$504)	Lower
Apex	15 mi	$1,902 (±$59)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Governors Village, NC ($1,779), Pittsboro, NC ($1,211), Carrboro, NC ($1,470).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Chatham County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Fearrington Village	$3,500 or more
2	Briar Chapel	$3,177 (±$608)
3	Governors Village	$1,779 (±$188)
4	Pittsboro	$1,211 (±$279)
5	Siler City	$1,000 (±$213)
6	Goldston	$938 (±$553)
7	Moncure	$544 (±$373)

Briar Chapel is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Briar Chapel

What is the average rent in Briar Chapel, NC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Briar Chapel is $3,177 (±$608) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Briar Chapel cost more than $2,000 a month?

100.0% of rented homes in Briar Chapel have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Briar Chapel higher than in Chatham County?

In Briar Chapel, median gross rent is higher than in Chatham County ($1,180).

It is also higher than in North Carolina ($1,228).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Briar Chapel CDP, North Carolina (place:07748, in state:37).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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