Every county in North Carolina
100 countiesRanked by units under contract. 96 of 100 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg County | 10,953 | 7,666 | no data | 19.1% |
| Guilford County | 10,190 | 8,069 | 35 | 37.6% |
| Forsyth County | 7,841 | 6,195 | 26 | 35.7% |
| Wake County | 7,521 | 6,950 | 12 | 20.2% |
| Durham County | 5,704 | 4,334 | 26 | 29.6% |
| Buncombe County | 4,402 | 3,694 | 8 | 38.5% |
| Cumberland County | 4,221 | 3,867 | 16 | 25.5% |
| New Hanover County | 3,799 | 2,590 | 64 | 22% |
| Pitt County | 3,204 | 2,578 | 36 | 20% |
| Gaston County | 2,674 | 2,384 | 19 | 24.5% |
| Robeson County | 2,667 | 2,260 | 17 | 36.6% |
| Alamance County | 2,460 | 1,970 | 19 | 28.2% |
| Wayne County | 2,385 | 2,022 | 29 | 45.1% |
| Lenoir County | 2,001 | 1,834 | 8 | 63.2% |
| Craven County | 1,981 | 1,738 | 28 | 49% |
| Rowan County | 1,969 | 1,755 | 13 | 33.9% |
| Wilson County | 1,789 | 1,551 | 11 | 35.7% |
| Catawba County | 1,781 | 1,272 | 12 | 27.4% |
| Johnston County | 1,756 | 1,668 | 37 | 20.6% |
| Iredell County | 1,733 | 1,633 | 20 | 39.4% |
| Scotland County | 1,656 | 1,422 | 13 | 67.6% |
| Halifax County | 1,639 | 1,233 | 24 | 34% |
| Cleveland County | 1,623 | 1,322 | 15 | 28.2% |
| Davidson County | 1,561 | 1,254 | 20 | 24.9% |
| Edgecombe County | 1,502 | 1,322 | 10 | 43.9% |
| Randolph County | 1,502 | 1,124 | 26 | 23% |
| Pasquotank County | 1,427 | 1,081 | 39 | 65.7% |
| Nash County | 1,298 | 1,153 | 11 | 29.7% |
| Cabarrus County | 1,256 | 1,088 | 49 | 22.2% |
| Onslow County | 1,224 | 949 | 19 | 17.4% |
| Richmond County | 1,149 | 1,021 | 11 | 35.8% |
| Wilkes County | 1,114 | 1,010 | 9 | 53.5% |
| Orange County | 1,072 | 952 | 16 | 14.5% |
| Haywood County | 1,031 | 823 | 10 | 37.5% |
| Caldwell County | 1,019 | 782 | 13 | 33% |
| Beaufort County | 990 | 801 | 23 | 40.6% |
| Carteret County | 942 | 781 | 16 | 33.7% |
| Henderson County | 937 | 814 | 7 | 28.7% |
| Lee County | 886 | 720 | 14 | 28.7% |
| Burke County | 876 | 716 | 10 | 24.9% |
| Rockingham County | 867 | 751 | 34 | 20.4% |
| Harnett County | 848 | 734 | 15 | 16% |
| Surry County | 809 | 761 | 15 | 23.9% |
| Union County | 806 | 466 | 62 | 17.5% |
| Columbus County | 781 | 599 | 24 | 27% |
| Vance County | 781 | 657 | 2 | 28.1% |
| Moore County | 742 | 644 | 27 | 26.9% |
| Rutherford County | 679 | 564 | 27 | 21% |
| Stanly County | 666 | 398 | 38 | 19.5% |
| Sampson County | 615 | 519 | 18 | 24.7% |
| Martin County | 601 | 531 | 20 | 55% |
| Hertford County | 594 | 429 | 15 | 38.5% |
| Lincoln County | 579 | 449 | 30 | 18.4% |
| Person County | 571 | 451 | 30 | 28.7% |
| Bladen County | 541 | 428 | 45 | 24.1% |
| Granville County | 532 | 462 | 64 | 23.1% |
| Chatham County | 525 | 378 | 15 | 20.4% |
| Washington County | 525 | 413 | 24 | 34.3% |
| Brunswick County | 524 | 331 | 15 | 9.9% |
| Franklin County | 470 | 370 | no data | 16.1% |
| Chowan County | 468 | 357 | 14 | 31.9% |
| Ashe County | 418 | 370 | 14 | 37.3% |
| Duplin County | 405 | 335 | 38 | 19.7% |
| Northampton County | 389 | 313 | 28 | 32.2% |
| Anson County | 382 | 334 | 35 | 56.4% |
| Jackson County | 376 | 288 | 13 | 13.5% |
| Transylvania County | 375 | 354 | 13 | 36% |
| Caswell County | 372 | 298 | 3 | 30.9% |
| Madison County | 348 | 327 | 16 | 32.5% |
| Cherokee County | 343 | 277 | 8 | 40% |
| Mitchell County | 339 | 306 | 4 | 65.2% |
| Montgomery County | 317 | 291 | 10 | 26.1% |
| Yancey County | 309 | 272 | 5 | 60.9% |
| McDowell County | 306 | 230 | 19 | 19.1% |
| Yadkin County | 304 | 256 | 6 | 22% |
| Greene County | 303 | 223 | 15 | 28.5% |
| Pender County | 298 | 206 | 55 | 14.3% |
| Stokes County | 298 | 267 | 20 | 17% |
| Bertie County | 290 | 190 | 9 | 24.1% |
| Davie County | 272 | 250 | 10 | 27.3% |
| Macon County | 263 | 166 | no data | 11.2% |
| Watauga County | 252 | 225 | 11 | 5.6% |
| Perquimans County | 249 | 201 | 9 | 44.9% |
| Hoke County | 231 | 173 | 13 | 8.9% |
| Alleghany County | 224 | 198 | 9 | 55.6% |
| Avery County | 186 | 163 | 11 | 54.2% |
| Currituck County | 174 | 109 | 7 | 23.4% |
| Warren County | 171 | 135 | 5 | 17.5% |
| Polk County | 165 | 128 | 2 | 35.3% |
| Graham County | 126 | 94 | 2 | 34.1% |
| Clay County | 119 | 93 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Alexander County | 101 | 59 | 9 | 7.9% |
| Swain County | 90 | 64 | 3 | 15.6% |
| Jones County | 83 | 73 | 15 | 15.4% |
| Tyrrell County | 50 | 42 | 8 | 18.1% |
| Pamlico County | 45 | 41 | 28 | 12.4% |
| Dare County | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4.6% |
| Hyde County | 42 | 32 | 34 | 20% |
| Camden County | 34 | 21 | 7 | 32.7% |
| Gates County | 9 | 0 | no data | no data |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator