Zip lookup · NC

28516
Beaufort, North Carolina.

Beaufort, Carteret County, NC · Morehead City, NC metro · population 11,289

What it costs per month · 28516 $2,189/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,281 (+141%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $14,099 +3%
$402,884$416,984 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $99,499 +31%
$317,485$416,984 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 28516 $2,189 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28516$2,189
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 28516 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,800 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $416,984 as of Sep 2026
+3.5%year on year

Asking rent — 28516

Against the Morehead City, NC metro and the national benchmark.

$1,800 $1,850 $1,900 2026 28516 $1,800 Morehead City $1,827 United States $1,932
$1,800 $1,850 $1,900 2026
  • 28516$1,800
  • Morehead City$1,827
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 28516

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28516 $416,984 Morehead City $469,785 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28516$416,984
  • Morehead City$469,785
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.8 28579 Smyrna 331 — $286,757
8.7 28528 Gloucester 407 — $342,726
8.8 28524 Davis 261 — $226,900
9.8 28553 Marshallberg 413 — $269,433
10.1 28581 Stacy 118 — $251,050
10.6 28531 Harkers Island 1,060 — $404,172
10.7 28557 Morehead City 15,253 $1,858 $415,185
12.0 28520 Cedar Island 101 — $287,796
12.4 28577 Sealevel 318 — $184,690
13.9 28512 Atlantic Beach 3,358 $1,658 $609,644
15.1 28511 Atlantic 610 — $229,360
15.7 28510 Arapahoe 1,718 — $353,994
15.7 28571 Oriental 2,678 — $390,405
15.9 28570 Newport 22,197 $1,681 $343,326
17.1 28532 Havelock 20,908 $1,542 $233,465
19.2 28556 Merritt 752 — $326,860

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