Walkertown, North Carolina.
Typical home $267,923 (+1.8% in a year), asking rent $2,000 . Winston-Salem, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$798 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,786 +2%
- $263,137$267,923 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,691 +31%
- $205,232$267,923 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.
- Walkertown$1,406
- 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 Walkertown, NC rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Walkertown, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Walkertown is a town of 5,692 people in Forsyth County. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Forsyth County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Walkertown is a small town in Forsyth County where most homes are lived in by their owners, a higher share than across the county. Typical home values and rents here are fairly high, and a notable portion of residents hold a four-year degree. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm and rainy enough to keep things green.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing and restaurants, hotels and entertainment close behind. The largest workplaces in town are Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Appalachian State U Academy Middle Fork. Commutes are moderate, and some residents work from home. Across Forsyth County, jobs slipped a little last year, and unemployment is a bit lower than it was a year ago.
Things to do. A short drive away, Reynolda House Museum of American Art and Old Salem are among the better-known museums nearby, and Reynolda Gardens offers a botanical garden to stroll. For a day outdoors, Hanging Rock State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, with waterfalls such as Upper Cascades among its draws.
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- 2,358households
- 30%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Forsyth County had 190,305 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 69°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Winston Salem Rynlds Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Walkertown
- Lowes FoodsGrocery stores84
- Food LionGrocery stores74
- Appalachian State U Academy Middle ForkSchool district35FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 158 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Walkertown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Forsyth County and the Winston-Salem, NC metro.
Walkertown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Walkertown$267,923
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Walkertown listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Walkertown34.79%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Walkertown26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Walkertown7
Zip codes with a Walkertown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Walkertown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.