27822
Elm City, North Carolina.
Elm City, Wilson County, NC · Wilson, NC metro · population 7,838
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$705 (+140%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,755 +1%
- $228,424$230,180 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,915 +34%
- $172,265$230,180 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.
- 27822$1,208
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in zip 27822 rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
This zip spans 3 counties: Wilson County, NC 75% · Nash County, NC 17% · Edgecombe County, NC 9%
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Elm City, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 27822
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 27822$230,180
- Wilson$216,198
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 27803 | Rocky Mount | 20,055 | $1,249 | $204,001 |
| 7.6 | 27896 | Wilson | 19,455 | $1,698 | $276,470 |
| 8.5 | 27893 | Wilson | 38,512 | $1,172 | $171,198 |
| 9.4 | 27801 | Rocky Mount | 19,532 | $977 | $121,234 |
| 10.7 | 27864 | Pinetops | 4,446 | — | $147,327 |
| 11.9 | 27852 | Macclesfield | 2,269 | — | $156,494 |
| 12.8 | 27804 | Rocky Mount | 30,713 | $1,437 | $226,844 |
| 13.1 | 27813 | Black Creek | 743 | — | $165,848 |
| 14.2 | 27807 | Bailey | 5,958 | — | $271,480 |
| 14.8 | 27880 | Sims | 3,953 | — | $295,405 |
| 14.8 | 27883 | Stantonsburg | 4,128 | — | $182,436 |
| 14.8 | 27829 | Fountain | 1,664 | — | $185,611 |
| 15.5 | 27851 | Lucama | 5,343 | — | $205,750 |
| 15.9 | 27809 | Battleboro | 3,930 | — | $214,170 |
| 16.2 | 27888 | Walstonburg | 2,054 | — | $179,448 |
| 16.3 | 27856 | Nashville | 17,081 | $1,448 | $254,303 |
| 18.3 | 27830 | Fremont | 4,006 | — | $173,841 |
| 18.3 | 27882 | Spring Hope | 8,358 | — | $253,476 |
| 19.0 | 27886 | Tarboro | 18,381 | $1,062 | $152,351 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.