Siler City, North Carolina.
Typical home $255,523 (+3.0% in a year), asking rent $1,367 . Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$764 (+133%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,513 +3%
- $248,010$255,523 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,128 +27%
- $201,395$255,523 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.
- Siler City$1,341
- North Carolina$1,743
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Siler City, NC rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina
Siler City is a town of 7,702 people in Chatham County. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Chatham County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 9.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Siler City is a small town in Chatham County, in the North Carolina Piedmont. Fewer homes here are lived in by their owners than across much of the country, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than is typical. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cool and mostly free of snow, with highs near the middle of the range for the Southeast, while July is the warmest month and the year brings steady rain.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. The biggest workplaces in town include Mountaire Farms, Chatham Hospital and Charter Furniture. Unemployment in Chatham County is lower than it was a year earlier, and the county has added jobs over the past year. Most people drive to work, and the typical trip is a moderate one, with only a few working from home.
Things to do. Close to town, small streams such as Back Branch and Broad Mouth Branch are a short drive away. Farther out, Jordan Lake is a reservoir that draws visitors for time on the water, and the North Carolina Zoo is a longer drive away. Those who want a day among gardens can head for the North Carolina Botanical Garden, also a longer drive.
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- 3,027households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 34%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chatham County had 20,318 jobs in 2025, 9.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 69°. About 2 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Siler City North weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Siler City
- Mountaire FarmsChickens, slaughtering and dressing1,400
- Pathway Insurance Company NIPCAM SERVICES OF NC SILER CITYPoultry processing314
- Fortrex - 0669 Mountaire Farms Inc. - Siler CityJanitorial services176
- Chatham HospitalCritical access hospital154FTE
- Charter Furniture (Siler City)Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing99
- GenesisHomes for the aged with nursing care97
- Food LionGrocery stores78
- Siler CityMail and parcel delivery24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,484 people in all. Hospitals come 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Heat 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 Siler City’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Chatham County and the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro.
Siler City home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Siler City$255,523
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Siler City listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Siler City22.75%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Siler City33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Siler City9
Zip codes with a Siler City address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Siler City — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.