ZIP 27107
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 27107 usually run 1.3% below trend in January and 1.2% above it in May, about $39 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 27107 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in November 2017.
Rent in ZIP 27107 changed +4.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 190 North Carolina ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 27107 rose 55.1% while median household income rose 38.9% ($43,720 to $60,729). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 27107 is 67% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($60,729) is $1,518 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,440); a 4-bedroom is $1,710.
4th cheapest of 7 ZIP codes in Winston-Salem.
ZIP 27262, 8 miles away, rents for 19% less ($1,269/mo), about $3,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 27107. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 27107 (Winston-Salem, NC) is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income below the national average, 25.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 27107 in Winston-Salem, NC has changed in 5 years
Rent in ZIP 27107 in Winston-Salem, NC has increased 46.8% since 2021, going from about $1,063 per month to roughly $1,561 today. Median household income grew from $48,669 to $60,729 between 2021 and 2024, a 24.8% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 22.0 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 49,835 to 50,769 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.9% change. About 27.2% of households rent today, against 30.7% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 23.1% to 25.9%. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 27107 in Winston-Salem, NC reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 27107 covers Winston-Salem, NC. The median rent here is $1,561/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $960/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,090/mo.
At 31% of local median household income ($60,729/yr), ZIP 27107 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.3% over the past year.
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