Raleigh-Durham wedding venue cost index
Computed from 25 published fee schedules across the Raleigh-Durham metro, checked on August 22, 2026. Median published starting price $225, with half the listings between $125 and $295. 25 of 25 (100%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 25 Raleigh-Durham area venues in 6 cities, checked on August 22, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $50 |
| 25th percentile | $125 |
| Median | $225 |
| 75th percentile | $295 |
| Highest published starting price | $600 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 22 | 88% |
| Under $1,000 | 25 | 100% |
| Under $2,500 | 25 | 100% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Courthouse & City Hall | Wake County Magistrate Civil MarriageRaleigh, NC | $50 |
| Park & Pavilion | Historic Oak View County Park - Bluebird ShelterRaleigh, NC | $60 |
| Other Venue | Forest Hills Neighborhood ClubhouseDurham, NC | $90 |
| Garden & Conservatory | E. Carroll Joyner Park - Walker Performance GardenWake Forest, NC | $125 |
| State Park | William B. Umstead State Park - Picnic ShelterRaleigh, NC | $128 |
| Chapel | Mordecai Historic Park - St. Mark's Chapel and Park GroundsRaleigh, NC | $300 |
| Estate & Historic Home | Tucker HouseRaleigh, NC | $600 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
1 court or clerk office in the Raleigh-Durham area publish a ceremony fee, all at $50. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 14 | $245 |
| Outdoor space published | 12 | $177 |
Published capacity
15 of the 25 Raleigh-Durham listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 100 guests.
Public agency against everything else
11 of 25 listings (44%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 17 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 11 | 44% |
| Everything else | 14 | 56% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the Raleigh-Durham venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.