Zip lookup · NC

27959
Nags Head, North Carolina.

Nags Head, Dare County, NC · Kill Devil Hills, NC metro · population 3,170

What it costs per month · 27959 $3,728/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,154 (+137%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $3,052 +0%
$707,235$710,287 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $139,955 +25%
$570,332$710,287 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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 27959 $3,728 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27959$3,728
  • 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 27959 rose 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $710,287 as of Sep 2026
+0.4%year on year

Typical home value — 27959

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27959 $710,287 Kill Devil Hills $597,320 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27959$710,287
  • Kill Devil Hills$597,320
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.2 27981 Wanchese 1,969 — $362,459
5.1 27954 Manteo 7,237 — $511,513
10.4 27948 Kill Devil Hills 12,436 $2,112 $522,121
15.0 27968 Rodanthe 781 — $587,466
16.5 27953 Manns Harbor 999 — $337,802
17.1 27949 Kitty Hawk 8,251 — $781,071
18.1 27978 Stumpy Point 237 — $333,505
18.8 27941 Harbinger 641 — $512,174
18.9 27964 Point Harbor 554 — $475,684

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