27886
Tarboro, North Carolina.
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC · Rocky Mount, NC metro · population 18,381
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$451 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $925 -1%
- $153,276$152,351 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $36,420 +31%
- $115,931$152,351 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.
- 27886$800
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in zip 27886 fell 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
This zip spans 2 counties: Edgecombe County, NC 97% · Pitt County, NC 3%
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Tarboro, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 27886
Against the Rocky Mount, NC metro and the national benchmark.
- 27886$1,062
- Rocky Mount$1,273
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 27886
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 27886$152,351
- Rocky Mount$197,692
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | 27843 | Hobgood | 876 | — | $117,875 |
| 9.7 | 27864 | Pinetops | 4,446 | — | $147,327 |
| 10.7 | 27812 | Bethel | 2,188 | — | $152,176 |
| 12.0 | 27801 | Rocky Mount | 19,532 | $977 | $121,234 |
| 12.2 | 27852 | Macclesfield | 2,269 | — | $156,494 |
| 14.6 | 27809 | Battleboro | 3,930 | — | $214,170 |
| 14.7 | 27857 | Oak City | 1,099 | — | $120,516 |
| 15.4 | 27829 | Fountain | 1,664 | — | $185,611 |
| 15.8 | 27871 | Robersonville | 3,471 | — | $116,183 |
| 16.4 | 27840 | Hamilton | 306 | — | $99,397 |
| 16.8 | 27874 | Scotland Neck | 3,464 | — | $93,901 |
| 18.2 | 27891 | Whitakers | 4,865 | — | $168,573 |
| 18.6 | 27803 | Rocky Mount | 20,055 | $1,249 | $204,001 |
| 18.8 | 27834 | Greenville | 56,347 | $1,423 | $210,230 |
| 19.0 | 27822 | Elm City | 7,838 | — | $230,180 |
| 19.1 | 27804 | Rocky Mount | 30,713 | $1,437 | $226,844 |
| 19.5 | 27884 | Stokes | 1,892 | — | $229,909 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.