Zip lookup · NC

28729
Etowah, North Carolina.

Etowah, Henderson County, NC · Asheville, NC metro · population 3,681

What it costs per month · 28729 $2,236/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,266 (+131%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $3,182 -1%
$429,222$426,040 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $91,461 +27%
$334,579$426,040 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 28729 $2,236 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28729$2,236
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 28729 fell 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $426,040 as of Sep 2026
-0.7%year on year

Typical home value — 28729

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28729 $426,040 Asheville $416,031 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28729$426,040
  • Asheville$416,031
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.5 28759 Mills River 7,555 $2,988 $529,471
4.8 28739 Hendersonville 20,843 $1,772 $461,981
4.9 28766 Penrose 1,259 — $411,424
5.9 28791 Hendersonville 15,108 $1,837 $421,861
6.0 28742 Horse Shoe 2,710 — $489,482
6.1 28768 Pisgah Forest 6,759 — $448,791
10.1 28704 Arden 24,138 $1,537 $428,632
10.2 28790 Zirconia 3,241 — $398,709
10.7 28718 Cedar Mountain 654 — $401,237
10.8 28726 East Flat Rock 4,363 — $288,296
11.7 28732 Fletcher 19,279 $2,132 $446,952
12.9 28731 Flat Rock 8,672 $1,802 $456,186
13.7 28712 Brevard 19,977 $1,998 $457,270
14.2 28792 Hendersonville 36,645 $1,621 $367,731
14.7 28715 Candler 30,328 $1,827 $407,896
14.9 28708 Balsam Grove 456 — $315,816
15.2 28803 Asheville 33,718 $1,679 $435,666
16.6 28716 Canton 16,863 $1,600 $283,658
16.8 29635 Cleveland 1,366 — $217,778
17.1 28773 Saluda 3,441 — $361,568
17.4 28806 Asheville 43,433 $1,853 $389,755
17.8 29661 Marietta 6,657 — $220,224
18.2 28772 Rosman 1,375 — $316,849
19.2 28801 Asheville 14,691 $1,777 $542,279
19.2 28730 Fairview 7,605 $3,055 $515,179

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