Zip lookup · NC

27557
Middlesex, North Carolina.

Middlesex, Nash County, NC · Rocky Mount, NC metro · population 8,657

What it costs per month · 27557 $1,422/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$831 (+140%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,700 +3%
$264,240$270,940 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $57,325 +27%
$213,615$270,940 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 27557 $1,422 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27557$1,422
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 27557 rose 2.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 4 counties: Nash County, NC 65% · Johnston County, NC 32% · Wilson County, NC 3% · Franklin County, NC 0%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Middlesex, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $270,940 as of Sep 2026
+2.5%year on year

Typical home value — 27557

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27557 $270,940 Rocky Mount $197,692 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27557$270,940
  • Rocky Mount$197,692
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.4 27807 Bailey 5,958 — $271,480
6.9 27880 Sims 3,953 — $295,405
7.1 27597 Zebulon 30,184 $1,948 $337,738
10.5 27591 Wendell 29,838 $1,797 $365,717
11.7 27542 Kenly 9,850 — $260,623
12.1 27882 Spring Hope 8,358 — $253,476
12.7 27896 Wilson 19,455 $1,698 $276,470
12.7 27508 Bunn 2,362 — $246,651
13.3 27527 Clayton 39,256 $1,797 $394,157
13.7 27851 Lucama 5,343 — $205,750
14.0 27576 Selma 21,624 $1,598 $269,814
15.7 27545 Knightdale 34,163 $1,696 $361,249
17.6 27893 Wilson 38,512 $1,172 $171,198
17.8 27571 Rolesville 9,095 $2,402 $495,525
18.0 27813 Black Creek 743 — $165,848
19.1 27520 Clayton 48,014 $1,767 $333,111
19.6 27610 Raleigh 81,419 $1,890 $309,065
19.9 27616 Raleigh 63,520 $1,658 $348,330

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.