Homes for sale in Bailey, NC
A 500-person farm town on the US-264 corridor where first-time buyers still find acreage — about 40 minutes from downtown Raleigh.
60 homes for sale in Bailey right now · about $172/sqft · ~114 days on market
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60 active listings in Bailey right now, live from Doorify MLS and updated hourly.
Homes for sale in Bailey
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Where people are buying in Bailey
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The local view
Bailey is a small incorporated town in southern Nash County, home to 566 residents at the 2020 Census and a main street shaped by a century of farming. It sits along US-264 Alternate between Zebulon and Wilson, in a county that ranks among North Carolina's top five sweet potato producers. The town punches above its size culturally: the Country Doctor Museum, founded in 1967 and now stewarded by East Carolina University, is the oldest museum in the country devoted to rural health care history.
Buyers come to Bailey for room — literal acres of it — at prices that sit well below Wake County norms. Recent new construction has listed largely in the high $200s to mid $300s, which keeps the town on first-time buyers' short lists, and older farmhouses with real land still trade here. The commute works: US-264 is a four-lane straight shot, putting downtown Raleigh about 40 minutes away, with Wilson's employers a short drive east. Each May, the NC Sweetpotato Festival fills Main Street with food and craft vendors and live music.
Insight Residential Realty works Bailey from close range — our Zebulon office sits just 12 miles up US-264, and Broker-in-Charge Robert Terry covers the town as part of the firm's five-county footprint across Wake, Franklin, Nash, Wilson, and Johnston counties. Every Bailey listing in the MLS flows into the live search on our site, so you can watch new construction and acreage hit the market in real time, then tour with an agent who actually drives these roads.
What's actually sold in Bailey
The most recent closings recorded in Bailey — real prices, straight from the MLS.
| Sold for | Address | Home | Closed | On market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $351,500 | 5435 Finch Road, Bailey, NC 27807 | 3 bd · 2 ba · 1,723 sqft | Jul 2026 | 78 days |
| $348,990 | 10684 Beard Way, Bailey, NC 27807 | 4 bd · 2.5 ba · 2,618 sqft | Jul 2026 | 112 days |
| $326,990 | 10651 Beard Way, Bailey, NC 27807 | 4 bd · 2 ba · 1,891 sqft | Jul 2026 | 62 days |
| $328,490 | 10551 Beard Way, Bailey, NC 27807 | 4 bd · 2 ba · 1,891 sqft | Jul 2026 | 56 days |
| $199,500 | 5917 Pine Street, Bailey, NC 27807 | 3 bd · 2 ba · 1,560 sqft | Jul 2026 | 33 days |
| $83,000 | 5854 E Main Street, Bailey, NC 27807 | 2 bd · 1 ba · 864 sqft | Jul 2026 | 32 days |
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Bailey is about 34 miles east of downtown Raleigh, roughly a 40-minute drive via US-264. Many residents commute daily to Raleigh, Knightdale, or Zebulon while keeping small-town overhead at home.
Bailey is home to the Country Doctor Museum — the oldest museum in the United States devoted to rural health care history, with over 5,000 artifacts — and it hosts the NC Sweetpotato Festival each May, which brings food and craft vendors, live music, and a classic car show to downtown.
Prices generally run well below Wake County levels. Recent new construction has typically listed in the high $200s to mid $300s, and older homes on acreage also come to market. Use the live MLS search on our site to see current Bailey listings and pricing.
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