Zip lookup · NC

28668
Roaring Gap, North Carolina.

Roaring Gap, Alleghany County, NC · population 40

What it costs per month · 28668 $1,889/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,104 (+141%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $23,070 +7%
$336,739$359,809 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $71,045 +25%
$288,764$359,809 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 28668 $1,889 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28668$1,889
  • 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 28668 rose 6.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $359,809 as of Sep 2026
+6.9%year on year

Typical home value — 28668

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28668 $359,809 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28668$359,809
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.4 28627 Glade Valley 1,193 — $355,895
4.5 28683 Thurmond 1,614 — $229,584
5.0 28685 Traphill 2,181 — $188,498
8.6 28623 Ennice 1,814 — $221,201
9.1 28635 Hays 2,669 — $203,874
9.2 28676 State Road 3,100 — $258,234
10.6 28675 Sparta 6,745 — $245,359
10.9 28621 Elkin 9,403 — $226,899
11.6 27024 Lowgap 2,387 — $223,348
12.5 28669 Roaring River 2,935 — $210,567
12.9 27017 Dobson 10,085 — $263,352
15.1 28670 Ronda 2,124 — $208,659
15.5 28644 Laurel Springs 1,433 — $293,321
15.9 28642 Jonesville 5,602 — $179,262
16.5 24333 Galax 17,390 — $189,911
17.3 24351 Lambsburg 562 — $124,952
17.3 28659 North Wilkesboro 21,422 — $209,576
18.9 28651 Millers Creek 5,578 — $229,203
19.0 24348 Independence 4,855 — $223,481
19.4 28663 Piney Creek 802 — $310,547

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