What is the median home value in Emma, NC?

Name: Home values in Emma, NC, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Emma, NC is $92,300 (±$11,354), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $92,300 (±$11,354)
Owner-occupied homes: 537 (±265)
Most common range: $50,000 to $99,999

Home values in Emma

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Emma	Buncombe County	North Carolina	United States
Less than $50,000	18.8% (±15.8 points)	4.0%	5.9%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	50.5% (±27.0 points)	4.9%	6.8%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	10.8% (±13.2 points)	4.2%	8.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	4.8% (±6.5 points)	5.3%	10.6%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	5.0% (±8.7 points)	15.1%	20.5%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	10.1% (±11.8 points)	33.8%	28.3%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	0.0% (±7.6 points)	25.5%	16.3%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±7.6 points)	7.1%	3.3%	7.1%

The most common range is $50,000 to $99,999, 50.5% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Emma against Buncombe County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Emma	Buncombe County	North Carolina	United States
Median home value	$92,300 (±$11,354)	$391,800 (±$8,308)	$288,900 (±$1,086)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	537 (±265)	67,411 (±1,889)	2,853,493 (±14,473)	84,210,142

In Emma, the median home value is lower than in Buncombe County ($391,800).

It is also lower than in North Carolina ($288,900).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Buncombe County, Emma ranks 12 of 12 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 612 of 647.

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

Median home value in places near Emma

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Emma
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Emma	—	$92,300 (±$11,354)	—
Woodfin	3.0 mi	$366,700 (±$39,174)	Higher
Asheville	3.2 mi	$440,000 (±$13,277)	Higher
Biltmore Forest	5.7 mi	$1,333,300 (±$102,838)	Higher
Bent Creek	6.4 mi	$404,000 (±$59,694)	Higher
Weaverville	7.1 mi	$463,700 (±$33,819)	Higher
Avery Creek	9.6 mi	$412,900 (±$44,773)	Higher
Royal Pines	10 mi	$400,200 (±$48,509)	Higher
Swannanoa	12 mi	$287,500 (±$27,857)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Woodfin, NC ($366,700), Asheville, NC ($440,000), Biltmore Forest, NC ($1,333,300).

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

Median home value across Buncombe County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
6	Avery Creek	$412,900 (±$44,773)
7	Bent Creek	$404,000 (±$59,694)
8	Royal Pines	$400,200 (±$48,509)
9	Woodfin	$366,700 (±$39,174)
10	Black Mountain	$358,900 (±$41,866)
11	Swannanoa	$287,500 (±$27,857)
12	Emma	$92,300 (±$11,354)

Showing 7 of 12 places in Buncombe County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Emma 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 Emma

What is the average home value in Emma, NC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $92,300 (±$11,354) for owner-occupied homes in Emma (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Emma sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

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 Emma CDP, North Carolina (place:21260, in state:37).

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

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.