28098
Lowell, North Carolina.
Lowell, Gaston County, NC · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro · population 3,851
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$814 (+137%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,973 -1%
- $270,204$268,231 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,521 +24%
- $215,710$268,231 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.
- 28098$1,408
- 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 28098 fell 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Lowell, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 28098
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 28098$268,231
- Charlotte$381,392
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 39 zips in range — sorting picks from all 39.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 28101 | McAdenville | 898 | — | $489,395 |
| 2.8 | 28032 | Cramerton | 2,869 | $1,975 | $306,361 |
| 3.1 | 28054 | Gastonia | 41,707 | $1,483 | $266,983 |
| 4.0 | 28056 | Gastonia | 36,200 | $2,111 | $347,147 |
| 5.2 | 28012 | Belmont | 26,556 | $1,779 | $418,445 |
| 5.9 | 28120 | Mount Holly | 25,805 | $1,905 | $363,265 |
| 7.3 | 28214 | Charlotte | 43,837 | $1,961 | $332,587 |
| 7.4 | 28034 | Dallas | 18,979 | $1,928 | $281,669 |
| 8.3 | 28052 | Gastonia | 36,272 | $1,385 | $210,442 |
| 9.0 | 28164 | Stanley | 16,874 | $1,806 | $364,284 |
| 9.4 | 28006 | Alexis | 1,518 | — | $337,228 |
| 10.9 | 28278 | Charlotte | 37,420 | $1,875 | $496,377 |
| 11.1 | 28208 | Charlotte | 40,197 | $1,587 | $293,031 |
| 11.2 | 28016 | Bessemer City | 13,109 | $1,410 | $237,252 |
| 12.1 | 28216 | Charlotte | 57,507 | $1,761 | $316,033 |
| 12.6 | 28080 | Iron Station | 7,606 | — | $418,306 |
| 12.7 | 28217 | Charlotte | 32,064 | $1,617 | $319,257 |
| 13.2 | 28273 | Charlotte | 50,966 | $1,609 | $363,432 |
| 13.4 | 29710 | Clover | 40,595 | $2,002 | $411,589 |
| 14.2 | 28203 | Charlotte | 18,823 | $2,051 | $674,790 |
| 14.6 | 28202 | Charlotte | 17,653 | $1,899 | $401,859 |
| 15.1 | 28209 | Charlotte | 24,331 | $1,685 | $670,879 |
| 15.5 | 28086 | Kings Mountain | 29,460 | $1,701 | $247,082 |
| 15.6 | 28206 | Charlotte | 15,375 | $1,573 | $321,727 |
| 15.8 | 28204 | Charlotte | 9,314 | $1,671 | $574,474 |
| 16.0 | 28078 | Huntersville | 71,657 | $1,938 | $535,352 |
| 16.2 | 28207 | Charlotte | 9,527 | $2,411 | $1,643,933 |
| 16.4 | 28033 | Crouse | 3,481 | — | $298,156 |
| 16.7 | 29708 | Fort Mill | 43,515 | $1,777 | $568,830 |
| 16.8 | 28210 | Charlotte | 47,359 | $1,406 | $558,454 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.