ZIP 27502
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 27502 usually run 1.2% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in July, about $44 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 27502 is 0.7% below its high of $2,096 in February 2025, at $2,082 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 27502 changed +0.2% 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 27502 rose 33.7% while median household income rose 24.4% ($115,685 to $143,922). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 27502 is 33.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($143,922) is $3,598 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($3,590).
3rd cheapest of 3 ZIP codes in Apex.
ZIP 27539, 7 miles away, rents for 17% less ($1,729/mo), about $4,200 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 27502. 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 27502 (Apex, NC) is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 68.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 27502 in Apex, NC has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 27502 in Apex, NC has shifted from $1,657 to $2,082, up 25.6% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $143,922 today, compared with $124,809 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 27502 in Apex, NC adding about 3,297 residents over the five-year window, up 7.3% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 64.6% to 68.4% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 27502 covers Apex, NC. The median rent here is $2,082/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,950/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,140/mo.
At 17% of local median household income ($143,922/yr), ZIP 27502 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.2% over the past year.
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