Zip lookup · NC

28538
Hookerton, North Carolina.

Hookerton, Greene County, NC · Kinston, NC metro · population 1,989

What it costs per month · 28538 $895/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$491 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $4,461 +3%
$165,965$170,427 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $33,214 +24%
$137,213$170,427 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 28538 $895 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28538$895
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 28538 rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Greene County, NC 82% · Lenoir County, NC 18%

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

Typical home value $170,427 as of Sep 2026
+2.7%year on year

Typical home value — 28538

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28538 $170,427 Kinston $150,172 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28538$170,427
  • Kinston$150,172
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.0 28580 Snow Hill 11,644 — $173,908
8.9 28530 Grifton 6,484 — $184,395
9.9 28513 Ayden 10,573 — $228,103
10.9 28590 Winterville 27,471 $1,531 $279,946
11.6 27828 Farmville 7,909 — $201,961
12.6 28501 Kinston 17,642 $1,094 $97,828
13.8 28504 Kinston 20,407 — $186,098
13.9 28551 La Grange 14,078 — $181,364
14.6 27888 Walstonburg 2,054 — $179,448
15.0 28526 Dover 1,842 — $134,418
17.0 27858 Greenville 58,774 $1,586 $266,321
18.0 27883 Stantonsburg 4,128 — $182,436
19.2 27829 Fountain 1,664 — $185,611
19.5 27834 Greenville 56,347 $1,423 $210,230
19.6 27534 Goldsboro 30,415 $1,656 $214,188

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