28520
Cedar Island, North Carolina.
Cedar Island, Carteret County, NC · Morehead City, NC metro · population 101
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$876 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,798 +6%
- $270,998$287,796 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $74,406 +35%
- $213,390$287,796 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.
- 28520$1,511
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in zip 28520 rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Cedar Island, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 28520
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 28520$287,796
- Morehead City$469,785
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 28577 | Sealevel | 318 | — | $184,690 |
| 6.6 | 28511 | Atlantic | 610 | — | $229,360 |
| 7.4 | 28581 | Stacy | 118 | — | $251,050 |
| 11.0 | 28579 | Smyrna | 331 | — | $286,757 |
| 11.7 | 28524 | Davis | 261 | — | $226,900 |
| 12.0 | 28516 | Beaufort | 11,289 | $1,800 | $416,984 |
| 16.0 | 28553 | Marshallberg | 413 | — | $269,433 |
| 16.1 | 28528 | Gloucester | 407 | — | $342,726 |
| 17.1 | 28556 | Merritt | 752 | — | $326,860 |
| 17.2 | 28571 | Oriental | 2,678 | — | $390,405 |
| 18.9 | 28531 | Harkers Island | 1,060 | — | $404,172 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.