Zip lookup · NC

27870
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, NC · Roanoke Rapids, NC metro · population 24,958

What it costs per month · 27870 $686/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$376 (+121%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $3,264 +3%
$127,465$130,729 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $25,954 +25%
$104,775$130,729 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 27870 $686 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27870$686
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 27870 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $950 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $130,729 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year

Asking rent — 27870

Against the Roanoke Rapids, NC metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 27870

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27870 $130,729 Roanoke Rapids $113,749 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27870$130,729
  • Roanoke Rapids$113,749
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.7 27832 Gaston 2,783 — $102,956
7.1 27890 Weldon 2,258 — $54,958
8.7 27831 Garysburg 2,362 — $78,294
9.3 27850 Littleton 7,053 — $308,144
10.0 27842 Henrico 1,538 — $555,909
10.9 23887 Valentines 631 — $424,187
12.8 27866 Pleasant Hill 577 — $92,569
13.1 23879 Skippers 386 — $160,180
13.6 27839 Halifax 3,279 — $117,126
14.1 23857 Gasburg 352 — $311,483
15.5 27823 Enfield 6,553 — $87,026
16.3 27845 Jackson 2,033 — $104,790
18.0 27876 Seaboard 1,164 — $90,914
18.1 23845 Ebony 280 — $402,935
18.1 27844 Hollister 3,334 — $90,796
18.6 27551 Macon 1,836 — $298,635
18.9 23847 Emporia 12,956 $1,100 $156,003
19.9 23868 Lawrenceville 6,281 — $131,167

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