Archdale, North Carolina.
Typical home $250,370 (+2.5% in a year), asking rent $1,343 . Greensboro-High Point, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$761 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,011 +2%
- $244,359$250,370 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,600 +32%
- $189,770$250,370 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Archdale$1,314
- North Carolina$1,743
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Archdale, NC rose 2.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina
Archdale is a city of 11,907 people in Randolph County. Half its households earn more than $64,757 a year and half less, against $61,022 across Randolph County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Randolph County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Archdale is a city where most people own the homes they live in, and the population leans older than much of the country. Household incomes run a little above the county's, and few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cool and summers are warm, with only a dusting of snow in most years and a fair amount of rain through the seasons.
Work. Residents work mainly in shops, manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Archdale are Hafele America Co, Hubbell Industrial Controls and Future Foam. Jobs across Randolph County grew over the past year, and unemployment there is lower than a year earlier. The typical commute is a moderate one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Bull Run and the West Fork Deep River are both a short drive away, and High Rock Lake, a reservoir, is a longer drive. Baseball fans can reach Truist Point, a stadium, with a short drive. For a day out, the North Carolina Zoo is a longer drive away, and Old Salem, a museum, is another longer trip.
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- 4,809households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Randolph County had 45,446 jobs in 2025, 3.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 2 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the High Pt weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Archdale
- Hafele America CoHandtools merchant wholesalers276
- Hubbell Industrial ControlsControl circuit relays, industrial, manufacturing160
- Future FoamPolyurethane foam products manufacturing147
- DARRAN Furniture IndustriesCabinets, wood office-type, freestanding, manufacturing135
- TempursealyMattresses manufacturing118
- OFS Brands HoldingsFurniture, institutional, manufacturing110
- WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores108
- Stickley Fine UpholsteryFurniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing106
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,818 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Archdale’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Randolph County and the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro.
Archdale home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Archdale$250,370
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Archdale listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Archdale25.13%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Archdale43
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Archdale16
Zip codes with a Archdale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Archdale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.