Zip lookup · NC

27978
Stumpy Point, North Carolina.

Stumpy Point, Dare County, NC · Kill Devil Hills, NC metro · population 237

What it costs per month · 27978 $1,750/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$914 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,182 +2%
$327,323$333,505 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $44,450 +15%
$289,055$333,505 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 27978 $1,750 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27978$1,750
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.

Typical home values in zip 27978 rose 1.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $333,505 as of Sep 2026
+1.9%year on year

Typical home value — 27978

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27978 $333,505 Kill Devil Hills $597,320 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27978$333,505
  • Kill Devil Hills$597,320
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.5 27953 Manns Harbor 999 — $337,802
15.1 27981 Wanchese 1,969 — $362,459
15.7 27968 Rodanthe 781 — $587,466
16.0 27824 Engelhard 1,109 — $158,161
17.7 27954 Manteo 7,237 — $511,513
18.1 27959 Nags Head 3,170 — $710,287
18.5 27972 Salvo 229 — $629,831
18.5 27982 Waves 144 — $647,475

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