What is the median rent in Emma, NC?

Name: Median rent in Emma, NC, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Emma, NC is $1,064 (±$205) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 211 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: $1,064 (±$205)
Rented homes: 211 (±143)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Emma

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Emma	Buncombe County	North Carolina	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±18.1 points)	8.1%	6.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	39.3% (±39.2 points)	17.3%	27.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	60.7% (±39.2 points)	33.4%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±18.1 points)	25.8%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±18.1 points)	9.5%	7.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±18.1 points)	2.5%	2.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±18.1 points)	3.4%	1.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 60.7% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Emma cost $2,000 or more a month.

Emma against Buncombe County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Emma	Buncombe County	North Carolina	United States
Median gross rent	$1,064 (±$205)	$1,362 (±$42)	$1,228 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	211 (±143)	31,720 (±1,467)	1,337,899 (±8,405)	42,849,984

In Emma, median gross rent is lower than in Buncombe County ($1,362).

It is not measurably different from North Carolina ($1,228).

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

In Buncombe County, Emma ranks 6 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 230 of 586.

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

Median gross rent in places near Emma

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Emma
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Emma	—	$1,064 (±$205)	—
Woodfin	3.0 mi	$1,546 (±$119)	Higher
Asheville	3.2 mi	$1,402 (±$60)	Higher
Weaverville	7.1 mi	$1,783 (±$248)	Higher
Royal Pines	10 mi	$1,596 (±$231)	Higher
Swannanoa	12 mi	$788 (±$462)	Not measurably different
Fletcher	13 mi	$1,484 (±$204)	Higher
Hoopers Creek	14 mi	$1,124 (±$50)	Not measurably different
Canton	14 mi	$790 (±$274)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Woodfin, NC ($1,546), Asheville, NC ($1,402), Weaverville, NC ($1,783).

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

Median gross rent across Buncombe County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Weaverville	$1,783 (±$248)
2	Black Mountain	$1,652 (±$186)
3	Royal Pines	$1,596 (±$231)
4	Woodfin	$1,546 (±$119)
5	Asheville	$1,402 (±$60)
6	Emma	$1,064 (±$205)
7	Swannanoa	$788 (±$462)

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 rent in Emma, NC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Emma is $1,064 (±$205) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

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

Is rent in Emma higher than in Buncombe County?

In Emma, median gross rent is lower than in Buncombe County ($1,362).

It is not measurably different from North Carolina ($1,228).

It is lower 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 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 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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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.