Zip lookup · NC

28504
Kinston, North Carolina.

Kinston, Lenoir County, NC · Kinston, NC metro · population 20,407

What it costs per month · 28504 $977/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$598 (+158%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $4,839 +3%
$181,259$186,098 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $56,369 +43%
$129,730$186,098 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 28504 $977 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28504$977
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 28504 rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Lenoir County, NC 98% · Jones County, NC 2%

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

Typical home value $186,098 as of Sep 2026
+2.7%year on year

Typical home value — 28504

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28504 $186,098 Kinston $150,172 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28504$186,098
  • Kinston$150,172
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.2 28501 Kinston 17,642 $1,094 $97,828
7.8 28525 Deep Run 3,613 — $143,868
10.5 28551 La Grange 14,078 — $181,364
13.0 28578 Seven Springs 4,219 — $128,937
13.1 28526 Dover 1,842 — $134,418
13.8 28538 Hookerton 1,989 — $170,427
14.1 28508 Albertson 1,813 — $202,927
15.1 28572 Pink Hill 6,658 — $164,400
15.7 28580 Snow Hill 11,644 — $173,908
15.9 28530 Grifton 6,484 — $184,395
17.4 28585 Trenton 3,893 — $126,696
18.2 27534 Goldsboro 30,415 $1,656 $214,188
19.3 28523 Cove City 2,753 — $184,702

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