28579
Smyrna, North Carolina.
Smyrna, Carteret County, NC · Morehead City, NC metro · population 331
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$773 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,692 +2%
- $280,064$286,757 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $47,693 +20%
- $239,064$286,757 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.
- 28579$1,505
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in zip 28579 rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Smyrna, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 28579
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 28579$286,757
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 28524 | Davis | 261 | — | $226,900 |
| 5.0 | 28553 | Marshallberg | 413 | — | $269,433 |
| 5.1 | 28528 | Gloucester | 407 | — | $342,726 |
| 5.1 | 28581 | Stacy | 118 | — | $251,050 |
| 6.8 | 28516 | Beaufort | 11,289 | $1,800 | $416,984 |
| 7.9 | 28531 | Harkers Island | 1,060 | — | $404,172 |
| 9.4 | 28577 | Sealevel | 318 | — | $184,690 |
| 10.9 | 28511 | Atlantic | 610 | — | $229,360 |
| 11.0 | 28520 | Cedar Island | 101 | — | $287,796 |
| 14.4 | 28557 | Morehead City | 15,253 | $1,858 | $415,185 |
| 17.0 | 28512 | Atlantic Beach | 3,358 | $1,658 | $609,644 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.