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Data study
What does a North Carolina homeowner actually pay in HOA, condo, and co-op fees, and where inside the state is it highest? Our analysis of U.S. Census survey microdata down to the sub-state level. A typical fee for an area, not a quote for any one association.
Areas are U.S. Census Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs), the smallest geography the source survey publishes — we don’t yet have a plain-English place name for every PUMA, so areas are labeled by their Census code.
| Area (PUMA) | Typical / mo |
|---|---|
| PUMA 3703101 | $305 |
| PUMA 3703105 | $275 |
| PUMA 3701201 | $262 |
| PUMA 3703104 | $247 |
| PUMA 3701202 | $215 |
| Area (PUMA) | Typical / mo |
|---|---|
| PUMA 3705301 | $30 |
| PUMA 3705003 | $30 |
| PUMA 3705002 | $30 |
| PUMA 3704000 | $30 |
| PUMA 3705200 | $40 |
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This state’s area-level breakdown, free to download, cite, and re-chart.
Cite as: “HOA and condo fees in North Carolina,” HOA Stories Data Desk, July 2026, analysis of American Community Survey 2024 5-year PUMS (2020–2024). https://www.hoastories.com/data/hoa-fees/nc
The figures come from the American Community Survey 2024 5-year PUMS (2020–2024), a public U.S. Census Bureau survey. For each PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area) within North Carolina, Census records the median monthly condominium, co-op, or HOA fee among households that pay one, and the share of households that pay. We combine those area medians into the state figure above, weighting each area by how many paying households it has, and separately surface the PUMAs with the highest and lowest typical fees. This is our own calculation, derived from Census data — not an official Census statistic, and the Census Bureau did not produce or endorse these figures.
Areas below a minimum survey sample are left out rather than shown as a shaky number, so North Carolina’s highest/lowest lists may be shorter than its full PUMA count. Single-family HOA dues are only partly captured by the Census fee question, so the single-family figure is the softer of the two.