Pineville, North Carolina
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 11.4% since 2020.
11,851
people, the 84th-largest of North Carolina's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among North Carolina's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
97.9%
of 14,990 jobs located in Pineville are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 104% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,552
a month. North Carolina's median is $1,228.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,848 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Mecklenburg County.
- $427 Tract 5.03
- $2,275 Tract 1.03
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$1,006–$1,509
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,552 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
51% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 51% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.5–3.0% to the 5,061 homes here.
25–150
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 37% more than North Carolina's.
$395,100
median home value in Pineville.
- $395,100 Pineville
- $288,900 North Carolina
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year