
Windsor & Bertie County, NC · 2026
The Bertie County Buyer's Brief
A river-county read for buyers. Deer and turkey tracts, working timberland, the Cashie River, Albemarle soundfront, and a walkable county seat with a National Register downtown. Three buyer profiles, three separate briefs — one of the last deeply rural, low-priced counties left in Northeast NC.
- briefs, built separately
- 3
- county median (approx.)
- $88k–$240k
- Windsor median (approx.)
- ~$170k
- USDA-eligible
- Most of the county
Active Listings · Bertie County
What's on the market now.

Three Briefs · Three Buyers
Start with the one that fits you.
Bertie's buyer profiles don't overlap. A land-and-hunting buyer and a first-time Windsor buyer are not reading the same document — so these aren't the same document.
Land, Acreage & Hunting Brief
For the land, timber & hunting buyer
You're looking at a 160-acre deer and turkey tract, working timberland, or a food-plot-ready parcel with deeded access. Bertie draws buyers from well outside the county for exactly this — and land financing works nothing like a home mortgage.
River & Waterfront Living Brief
For the Cashie River & Albemarle buyer
You want water — the Cashie River through Windsor, Batchelor Bay, Merry Hill, or Colerain soundfront. This brief includes the honest flood-risk chapter most listings won't volunteer: real numbers, real insurance cost reality.
Small-Town & First Home Brief
For the Windsor first-time buyer
You want an affordable, walkable county seat — King Street's historic downtown, manufactured and starter homes, and financing that's built for a first-time, income-qualified buyer. Windsor is where USDA eligibility does the most work for you.
County Profile
The county behind the briefs.
Bertie is a deeply rural, low-priced, thin market on the Albemarle Sound — peanut and timber country, with a state prison among the largest local employers. The lead-gen ceiling here is lower than the coastal towns. The opportunity is in the niches: land, water, and an affordable county seat.
- County median sale (approx.)
- $88k–$240k small sample, volatile
- Windsor median sale (approx.)
- ~$170k county seat
- USDA eligibility
- Most of the county rural by definition
- Waterfront access
- Cashie River + Albemarle Sound
- Local economy
- Peanut & timber + state prison employment
- Historic downtown
- Windsor National Register district
Market Data
Current Bertie County market activity.
Inventory here is genuinely thin — this is a market report that says so honestly rather than manufacturing activity that isn't there.
Live MLS data for Bertie County, refreshed on every site build — see the report for the current feed status.
The broker
Travis Old
Horizon Realty Group · North Carolina Real Estate
Travis works Northeast NC — Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Chowan, and now Bertie — with a focus on buyers whose decisions need an operator's perspective, not a brochure's. Bertie is a thin, honest market, and this brief is written that way.
Serving
Credential
2026William C. Bass Leadership Academy — appointed member
Education
2018University of North Carolina at Greensboro — BA in Economics
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