ZIP 27705
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
September. Asking rents in ZIP 27705 usually run 0.7% below trend in September and 0.9% above it in June, about $25 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 27705 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2017.
Rent in ZIP 27705 changed +2.3% 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 27705 rose 33% while median household income rose 33.7% ($54,661 to $73,066). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 27705 is 34.5% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($73,066) is $1,827 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,700); a 3-bedroom is $2,110.
2nd cheapest of 6 ZIP codes in Durham.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 27705. 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 27705 (Durham, NC) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 63.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 27705 in Durham, NC has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 27705 in Durham, NC has shifted from $1,151 to $1,536, up 33.4% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $58,350 to $73,066 between 2021 and 2024, a 25.2% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 27705 in Durham, NC adding about 2,396 residents over the five-year window, up 5.0% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 60.6% to 63.9% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 27705 in Durham, 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 27705 covers Durham, NC. The median rent here is $1,536/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,500/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,700/mo.
At 25% of local median household income ($73,066/yr), ZIP 27705 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.3% over the past year.
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