Zip lookup · NC

27948
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Kill Devil Hills, Dare County, NC · Kill Devil Hills, NC metro · population 12,436

What it costs per month · 27948 $2,740/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,631 (+147%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $9,454 +2%
$512,667$522,121 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $116,180 +29%
$405,942$522,121 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 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 27948 $2,740 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27948$2,740
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 27948 rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,112 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $522,121 as of Sep 2026
+1.8%year on year

Asking rent — 27948

Against the Kill Devil Hills, NC metro and the national benchmark.

$1,950 $2,000 $2,050 $2,100 $2,150 2026 27948 $2,112 Kill Devil Hills $2,146 United States $1,930
$1,950 $2,000 $2,050 $2,100 $2,150 2026
  • 27948$2,112
  • Kill Devil Hills$2,146
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 27948

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27948 $522,121 Kill Devil Hills $597,320 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27948$522,121
  • Kill Devil Hills$597,320
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
6.7 27949 Kitty Hawk 8,251 — $781,071
7.4 27954 Manteo 7,237 — $511,513
8.7 27964 Point Harbor 554 — $475,684
8.9 27941 Harbinger 641 — $512,174
10.4 27959 Nags Head 3,170 — $710,287
11.5 27981 Wanchese 1,969 — $362,459
11.6 27966 Powells Point 1,540 — $415,142
16.4 27947 Jarvisburg 1,028 — $356,070
18.4 27939 Grandy 2,206 — $395,279
18.6 27953 Manns Harbor 999 — $337,802

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