Zip lookup · NC

28450
Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina.

Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, NC · population 2,337

What it costs per month · 28450 $1,707/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$908 (+114%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $5,036 -2%
$330,220$325,184 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $50,908 +19%
$274,277$325,184 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 28450 $1,707 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28450$1,707
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.

Typical home values in zip 28450 fell 1.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $325,184 as of Sep 2026
-1.5%year on year

Typical home value — 28450

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28450 $325,184 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28450$325,184
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.0 28442 Hallsboro 1,810 — $162,094
6.4 28423 Bolton 2,388 — $184,719
9.7 28472 Whiteville 16,780 — $198,723
13.8 28436 Delco 1,922 — $209,261
13.8 28456 Riegelwood 3,860 — $208,826
14.4 28455 Nakina 1,644 — $204,887
14.8 28433 Clarkton 4,313 — $140,872
15.4 28420 Ash 2,658 — $265,495
16.4 28432 Clarendon 1,656 — $211,863
18.9 28431 Chadbourn 5,901 — $172,087

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