Zip lookup · NC

28723
Cullowhee, North Carolina.

Cullowhee, Jackson County, NC · Cullowhee, NC metro · population 12,756

What it costs per month · 28723 $2,229/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,341 (+151%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $4,417 -1%
$429,146$424,729 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $83,840 +25%
$340,888$424,729 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 28723 $2,229 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28723$2,229
  • 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 28723 fell 1.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $424,729 as of Sep 2026
-1.0%year on year

Typical home value — 28723

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28723 $424,729 Cullowhee $405,775 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28723$424,729
  • Cullowhee$405,775
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.1 28783 Tuckasegee 1,785 — $454,401
7.1 28736 Glenville 1,000 — $825,460
7.3 28779 Sylva 18,064 $1,275 $330,140
8.9 28707 Balsam 461 — $294,883
14.1 28747 Lake Toxaway 2,021 — $673,368
14.2 28789 Whittier 5,788 — $330,226
14.3 28717 Cashiers 1,265 — $1,614,909
14.7 28786 Waynesville 22,056 $1,749 $339,642
14.8 28774 Sapphire 1,451 — $656,503
14.8 28708 Balsam Grove 456 — $315,816
15.5 28741 Highlands 4,257 — $1,094,899
15.7 28751 Maggie Valley 4,159 $1,250 $384,264
18.3 28716 Canton 16,863 $1,600 $283,658
18.4 28734 Franklin 29,659 $1,125 $298,222
18.7 28772 Rosman 1,375 — $316,849
19.1 28745 Lake Junaluska 670 — $441,891

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