What salary do you need to live in Goldsboro, NC?

The cost side of living in Goldsboro

Median gross rent, meaning contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities, runs $575, $936 and $1,048 a month for one, two and three bedrooms across Goldsboro, NC. The largest of those is 82% more than the smallest.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $178,700. That is only 3.0× the area's median household income of $59,733, a low ratio by national standards.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Goldsboro's overall prices at 88.5 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $113,043 would elsewhere.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Goldsboro

For two bedrooms, $89,000 is where Goldsboro turns Comfortable. Below that, $44,000 marks the start of Okay and $21,000 the start of Tight; under $21,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 13% of gross pay.

Royal, the top band, starts at $249,000. At that income rent is 5% of pay and the median home 0.7× income.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Goldsboro shows the matching grade.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Goldsboro

At $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 68 (Comfortable), a two-bedroom 60 (Okay) and a three-bedroom 59 (Okay). The $5,676 a year between the smallest and largest home is what moves the grade.

Of the four salaries, $100,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $75,000 still lands at Okay.

Where Goldsboro falls nationally

Ranked against all 387 metros, Goldsboro sits 324th on overall price level and 340th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 337th.

Next to Goldsboro on the national rent ranking: Farmington, NM ($936) and Williamsport, PA ($936).

Goldsboro next to North Carolina and similar metros

Compared with North Carolina as a whole, two-bedroom rent in Goldsboro is 20% lower ($936 vs. $1,164) and the median home is 38% lower ($178,700 vs. $288,900).

The North Carolina figure for the Comfortable line, using state medians, is $142,000 against $89,000 for Goldsboro.

Within North Carolina, the metros closest to Goldsboro on rent and overall prices are Winston-Salem, NC, Greenville, NC, and Rocky Mount, NC. Their Comfortable lines for two bedrooms sit at $110,000, $99,000, and $81,000.

The median Goldsboro household

The median household in the metro earns $59,733 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 54, Okay. Put differently, Goldsboro's typical household is $29,267 below the $89,000 it takes to read Comfortable on two bedrooms. For North Carolina as a whole, the median household income of $72,388 scores 46 against statewide rents. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

These are pre-tax estimates from public statistics, not financial advice.