Apartments for Rent in High Point, NC

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• How many apartments for rent are available in High Point, NC right now?

  Apartment rent in High Point runs close to a third below the national average, which is a big part of why renters land here in the Triad. Roomster shows 13 apartments for rent around the city, heaviest in the garden complexes off Eastchester Drive and North Main, near downtown, and around the High Point University side, and lighter out by Oak Hollow Lake. As the third-largest city in the Piedmont Triad and the only city in North Carolina that sits in four counties - Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, and Forsyth - High Point has real apartment depth while keeping the low rents of a mid-size Southern city.

• How much does it cost to rent an apartment in High Point, NC?

  A studio averages about $887 and a one-bedroom lands between $1,050 and $1,128, while two-bedrooms run roughly $1,200 to $1,262 and three-bedrooms climb past $1,450. You can still find one-bedrooms under $1,000 a month in the older complexes near downtown and along Business 85, while the newer builds near the university and the renovated lofts around the downtown core sit at the top. Nearly four in five rentals here fall between $1,000 and $1,500, so the market is unusually compressed - the gap between the cheapest and the average is small, which makes a lower-priced apartment easier to land than in most cities.

• What are the most affordable areas to rent an apartment in High Point, NC?

  The older neighborhoods near downtown and the apartment corridors along Business 85 and Eastchester Drive hold the cheapest apartments, with one-bedrooms in the $950 to $1,050 range. Rents step up toward Emerywood and the streets near High Point University, and again out at Deep River and Oak Hollow Lake, where you are paying for lake access and newer construction. Because High Point spreads across four counties, an apartment on the Davidson or Randolph County edge can price differently from one downtown in Guilford, so it pays to check a few pockets before you sign.

• Is there rent control on High Point apartments for rent?

  No, and it is not a local choice. North Carolina bans rent control statewide under General Statute 42-14.1, which stops any city or county, High Point included, from capping how much rent can rise. So an increase at renewal is limited only by the market and your lease terms, not by law. What the state does regulate is the deposit: on an apartment lease a landlord can collect up to two months rent, must hold it in a trust account or post a bond, and has to return it within 30 days of move-out. Read the renewal and late-fee clauses closely, since those, not a rent cap, are where the real limits sit.

• Are there apartments for rent near High Point's Amtrak or main commute routes?

  Yes, and the downtown station is the anchor. High Point Station is an intermodal stop where Amtrak's Piedmont and Carolinian trains to Charlotte and Raleigh sit alongside the Broad Avenue terminal for High Point Transit and PART regional buses. Apartments near the downtown core and along North Main put you within reach of it. For drivers, complexes off I-85, Business 85, and US-311 feed straight toward Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Be realistic about the buses, though: local service runs limited weekday and Saturday hours and none on Sunday, so most renters here still keep a car.

• How does High Point compare to Greensboro and Winston-Salem on apartment rent?

  Closer than you might guess. High Point is the cheapest of the three Triad cities to buy a home, but on rent the trio runs neck and neck - High Point's average one-bedroom has actually crept toward the top of the three as the gap narrows. Where High Point wins is the whole basket: cost of living sits at or just below Greensboro and Winston-Salem, both about 17 to 20 miles away, and you get the downtown revival around Truist Point ballpark and Congdon Yards. Plenty of renters still base here and commute, but do not assume a High Point apartment automatically beats one in Greensboro on rent alone - compare the actual unit.