Zip lookup · NC

27831
Gaston, North Carolina.

Gaston, Northampton County, NC · Roanoke Rapids, NC metro · population 2,362

What it costs per month · 27831 $411/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$227 (+123%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,145 +7%
$73,148$78,294 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $8,125 +12%
$70,168$78,294 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 27831 $411 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27831$411
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.

Typical home values in zip 27831 rose 7.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $78,294 as of Sep 2026
+7.0%year on year

Typical home value — 27831

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27831 $78,294 Roanoke Rapids $113,749 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27831$78,294
  • Roanoke Rapids$113,749
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.2 27890 Weldon 2,258 — $54,958
5.1 27866 Pleasant Hill 577 — $92,569
8.7 27870 Roanoke Rapids 24,958 $950 $130,729
9.3 27845 Jackson 2,033 — $104,790
9.3 27876 Seaboard 1,164 — $90,914
9.5 27832 Gaston 2,783 — $102,956
9.5 23879 Skippers 386 — $160,180
11.6 27839 Halifax 3,279 — $117,126
14.7 23847 Emporia 12,956 $1,100 $156,003
15.1 27853 Margarettsville 585 — $93,786
15.9 23887 Valentines 631 — $424,187
16.8 27842 Henrico 1,538 — $555,909
17.9 27850 Littleton 7,053 — $308,144
18.0 23828 Branchville 577 — $183,946
18.1 27820 Conway 2,201 — $108,508
19.1 27869 Rich Square 1,834 — $80,379
19.2 27823 Enfield 6,553 — $87,026
19.5 23844 Drewryville 522 — $227,734
19.8 23857 Gasburg 352 — $311,483

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