Zip lookup · NC

28698
Zionville, North Carolina.

Zionville, Watauga County, NC · Boone, NC metro · population 2,320

What it costs per month · 28698 $1,786/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,038 (+139%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $3,382 -1%
$343,628$340,247 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $72,275 +27%
$267,972$340,247 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 28698 $1,786 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28698$1,786
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 28698 fell 1.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Watauga County, NC 76% · Ashe County, NC 24%

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

Typical home value $340,247 as of Sep 2026
-1.0%year on year

Typical home value — 28698

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28698 $340,247 Boone $507,770 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28698$340,247
  • Boone$507,770
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.0 37691 Trade 475 — $266,840
5.4 28692 Vilas 4,367 — $421,023
6.7 28684 Todd 1,961 — $459,488
8.3 28679 Sugar Grove 2,454 — $405,027
8.9 37683 Mountain City 12,943 — $233,747
9.5 28615 Creston 1,878 — $272,011
10.2 28607 Boone 35,679 $2,336 $491,351
13.1 28604 Banner Elk 7,869 — $490,818
13.2 28693 Warrensville 1,071 — $277,704
13.5 37640 Butler 3,851 — $306,612
13.5 28626 Fleetwood 3,173 — $405,918
14.6 28605 Blowing Rock 3,883 — $775,424
14.6 28694 West Jefferson 7,626 — $355,579
15.5 28618 Deep Gap 2,208 — $396,949
15.7 28622 Elk Park 2,565 — $307,009
15.9 37680 Laurel Bloomery 897 — $190,507
16.1 37688 Shady Valley 1,138 — $233,753
17.0 28643 Lansing 3,615 — $276,215
18.7 28640 Jefferson 4,820 — $373,602
18.9 28646 Linville 382 — $1,377,285

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