Zip lookup · NC

27944
Hertford, North Carolina.

Hertford, Perquimans County, NC · Elizabeth City, NC metro · population 11,358

What it costs per month · 27944 $1,520/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$894 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $19,400 +7%
$270,189$289,589 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $69,698 +32%
$219,891$289,589 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 27944 $1,520 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27944$1,520
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 27944 rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $289,589 as of Sep 2026
+7.2%year on year

Typical home value — 27944

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27944 $289,589 Elizabeth City $268,391 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27944$289,589
  • Elizabeth City$268,391
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.4 27919 Belvidere 936 — $243,904
10.8 27909 Elizabeth City 40,869 $1,452 $264,680
11.3 27932 Edenton 12,745 — $235,312
12.4 27980 Tyner 1,647 — $211,498
16.0 27946 Hobbsville 1,008 — $244,252
18.4 27921 Camden 5,063 — $391,385
19.9 27979 Sunbury 1,161 — $230,229

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