Edenton, North Carolina.
Typical home $235,897 (+4.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$712 (+135%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,494 +5%
- $225,403$235,897 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,176 +30%
- $181,721$235,897 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.
- Edenton$1,238
- 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 Edenton, NC rose 4.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina
Edenton is a town of 4,460 people in Chowan County. Unemployment in Chowan County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Chowan County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Edenton is a small town on the water in northeastern North Carolina, in Chowan County. Incomes across the county are below the state's typical household, and more people in town live in poverty than in most places. Typical home values are modest, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across much of the country. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month and only a dusting of snow most years. Summers are hot, with July the warmest month, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing, and restaurants and hotels close behind. Among the largest workplaces in town are Hampton Farms, which makes roasted nuts and peanut butter, Edenton-Chowan Schools, and East Carolina Health - Chowan, the local hospital. Unemployment across the county is lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly. Some people work from home.
Things to do. In or beside town, St. Paul's Church is an archaeological site worth a visit, and the Edenton National Fish Hatchery is an aquarium for a quieter afternoon. The Roanoke River and the Chowan River are both a short drive away for time near the water. For a longer outing, Pettigrew State Park is a protected area a longer drive away.
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- 1,992households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 30%below the poverty line
- 12%work from home
What people in Chowan County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chowan County had 5,060 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 72°. About 2 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Edenton weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Edenton
- Hampton FarmsRoasted nuts and peanut butter manufacturing327
- Edenton-Chowan SchoolsSchool district253FTE
- East Carolina Health - ChowanCritical access hospital252FTE
- Colony TireGeneral warehousing and storage225
- Chowan CountyCounty supervisors' and executives' offices200
- Regulator MarineRigid inflatable boats manufacturing200
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services112
- Food LionGrocery stores88
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,658 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- HurricanesVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Edenton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Chowan County.
Edenton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Edenton$235,897
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Edenton 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.
- Edenton20.44%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Edenton83
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Edenton16
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Edenton$282,316
- United States$370,717
Zip codes with a Edenton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Edenton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.