Chatham County, North Carolina
Kitchen remodeling in Pittsboro, NC
Pittsboro has 2,009 homes, 70% of the occupied ones lived in by their owners. Half were built before 2002.
The homes of Pittsboro
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates for Pittsboro town.
More homes in Pittsboro were built in the 2000s than in any other decade, 32% of them, followed by the 1990s at 19%. A kitchen put in when one of those houses was new is now about 21 years old, unless it has been redone since.
Only 11% of homes here were built before 1980. If yours was built before 1978, the firm that remodels it has to be certified for lead-safe work by North Carolina’s own program, which EPA authorized.
ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Pittsboro is the largest place
| ZIP code | Homes | Owner-occupied | Median year built | Built before 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27312 | 11,137 | 81% | 1998 | 20% |
What kitchen trades earn here
Electricians in the Durham area earn a median $28.47 an hour and plumbers $28.90, against $30.38 and $30.67 across the country (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). That is what the workers are paid, not what a contractor charges for their time. All five kitchen trades: Durham area.
Before you sign: North Carolina
Ask the contractor for the license or registration number they hold and the agency that issued it, then look the number up on that agency’s own site. Ask who will take out the building permit, and get the price, the payment schedule and the scope of work in writing before any money changes hands.
Contracts, licenses and lead-safe rules in North Carolina · Permits · What it costs
Elsewhere in the Durham area
- Carrboro, NC10,189 homes · half built before 1988
- Chapel Hill, NC23,581 homes · half built before 1988
- Durham, NC136,837 homes · half built before 1995
- Efland, NC632 homes · half built before 1991
- Hillsborough, NC4,522 homes · half built before 2001