Zip lookup · NC

28421
Atkinson, North Carolina.

Atkinson, Pender County, NC · Wilmington, NC metro · population 2,010

What it costs per month · 28421 $1,147/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$631 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,582 +3%
$213,007$218,588 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $36,471 +20%
$182,117$218,588 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 28421 $1,147 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28421$1,147
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.

Typical home values in zip 28421 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $218,588 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year

Typical home value — 28421

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28421 $218,588 Wilmington $443,118 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28421$218,588
  • Wilmington$443,118
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.1 28447 Ivanhoe 1,507 — $172,632
8.5 28435 Currie 1,889 — $247,435
11.3 28478 Willard 5,017 — $222,045
12.0 28456 Riegelwood 3,860 — $208,826
14.0 28444 Harrells 2,479 — $155,936
15.9 28425 Burgaw 11,380 — $287,203
18.3 28457 Rocky Point 11,464 — $373,111
18.5 28436 Delco 1,922 — $209,261
19.8 28464 Teachey 2,185 — $215,852
19.9 28401 Wilmington 22,007 $1,741 $326,327

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