28605
Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Blowing Rock, Watauga County, NC · Boone, NC metro · population 3,883
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,483 (+156%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $33,017 +4%
- $742,407$775,424 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $190,099 +32%
- $585,325$775,424 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.
- 28605$4,070
- 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 28605 rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
This zip spans 3 counties: Watauga County, NC 71% · Caldwell County, NC 22% · Avery County, NC 6%
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Blowing Rock, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 28605
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 28605$775,424
- Boone$507,770
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 28607 | Boone | 35,679 | $2,336 | $491,351 |
| 8.4 | 28646 | Linville | 382 | — | $1,377,285 |
| 8.6 | 28604 | Banner Elk | 7,869 | — | $490,818 |
| 9.1 | 28611 | Collettsville | 424 | — | $164,166 |
| 11.3 | 28692 | Vilas | 4,367 | — | $421,023 |
| 11.6 | 28679 | Sugar Grove | 2,454 | — | $405,027 |
| 11.7 | 28618 | Deep Gap | 2,208 | — | $396,949 |
| 14.0 | 28645 | Lenoir | 45,997 | $1,364 | $215,085 |
| 14.4 | 28622 | Elk Park | 2,565 | — | $307,009 |
| 14.6 | 28698 | Zionville | 2,320 | — | $340,247 |
| 14.7 | 28684 | Todd | 1,961 | — | $459,488 |
| 15.2 | 28657 | Newland | 8,188 | — | $292,035 |
| 15.6 | 28626 | Fleetwood | 3,173 | — | $405,918 |
| 16.2 | 28624 | Ferguson | 1,438 | — | $220,548 |
| 16.4 | 37691 | Trade | 475 | — | $266,840 |
| 19.0 | 28665 | Purlear | 2,483 | — | $289,657 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.