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August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Smithfield, NC Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Smithfield: a median closing price of $282,495 across 160 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Smithfield, NC Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Smithfield, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Smithfield sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 160
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $282,495
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $162
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $241,000 and $324,900

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 160 closed sales in Smithfield over the last six months, with a median closing price of $282,495. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $241,000 and $324,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 83% of the Smithfield closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 158 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $140 and $183 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Smithfield, NC (September 2026)

The median home price in Smithfield is $282,495, measured across the 160 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $241,000 and $324,900.

Where Smithfield sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Smithfield
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $241k to $325k
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$79k to $143k: 10 sales$79k$143k to $207k: 12 sales$207k to $272k: 40 sales$207k$272k to $336k: 57 sales57sales$336k to $400k: 25 sales$336kMedian $282k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Smithfield over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $241,000 and $324,900. Among the 100 North Carolina markets with a published band, Smithfield's middle-half spread ($241,000 to $324,900) ranks 9th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 6th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Smithfield monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Jul 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 4 months plotted, 1 month suppressed under the 10-closing floor and drawn as empty slots.
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Apr 2026: $156 per square foot across 44 sales$156AprMay 2026: $172 per square foot across 33 sales$172MayJun 2026: $166 per square foot across 25 sales$166JunJul 2026: $153 per square foot across 31 sales$153Jul

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 43 days, across 95 Smithfield closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 31 days, across 95 Smithfield closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 160 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Smithfield angle

Smithfield is a market where the citywide number does more work than usual. Across 160 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $282,495, and the middle half of sales closed between $241,000 and $324,900. That band is tighter than most markets we track, so $282,495 is a defensible anchor and the analytical question becomes whether your subject is typical rather than where in a broad range it falls. A valuation landing far outside the band is a statement about the property, and it needs matched closings to back it.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Smithfield address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Smithfield, NC
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3762520
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 160
Median sold price: $282,495
Median sold $/sqft: $162 (158 qualifying)
Property mix: 83% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Smithfield over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Smithfield city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 18% of the 160 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $284,990.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Smithfield?

The median sold price in Smithfield over the last 6 months is $282,495, measured across 160 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Smithfield last month?

Resideline tracked 11 closed sales in Smithfield in August 2026, out of 160 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Smithfield?

The middle half of Smithfield sales over the last six months closed between $241,000 and $324,900, with a median of $282,495.

What is the typical price per square foot in Smithfield?

Among qualifying Smithfield closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $162, measured across 158 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How much should a Smithfield valuation move away from the median?

Less than in most markets we track. The middle half of closings Resideline tracked fell between $241,000 and $324,900, a tighter band than most, so $282,495 is a strong reference for an ordinary subject. Large departures should rest on matched closings, not on adjustment factors.

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