Renting in Seven Devils: a two-bedroom costs about $1,150
Seven Devils is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Only 2 sales in September 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What Seven Devils’ housing numbers say
Most of Seven Devils’ homes are second homes
66% of Seven Devils’ homes are seasonal or vacation homes, empty for much of the year. Year-round rentals are scarce: there are 13 renter households. Property taxes ↓
Renting costs far less than owning
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month. Owning the typical Seven Devils home, with 20% down at the calculator’s rate, runs about $3,210 with tax and insurance: 3 times as much. Can I afford it? ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through September 2026; permits are Census figures through 2010 (2010 partly estimated); incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey, which has wide margins in a place this size.
Why Seven Devils isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
Next door, Foscoe grades C− for cost of living.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150
Renters already here pay a median of $1,583.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Avery County, NC): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
High tax bills, but a low tax rate
The median bill is $2,597 (North Carolina: $1,896), because homes cost more. As a share of value it’s 0.61% a year, against 0.66% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Seven Devils vs. its neighbors
Of the 2 towns here with a Zillow value, Seven Devils has the 2nd-lowest. Foscoe has no Zillow value, so it is in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Devils | – | $555K | $427K | 0.61% | $1,150 |
| Foscoe | C− | — | $326K | 0.33% | $1,220 |
| Sugar Mountain | – | $320K | $344K | 0.60% | $1,140 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Seven Devils
How much is rent in Seven Devils?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,150 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $1,583 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Seven Devils?
The median bill is $2,597 a year, 0.61% of the median home value (North Carolina: $1,896, 0.66%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Seven Devils have a cost of living grade?
Seven Devils is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Seven Devils buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.