Zip lookup · NC

28016
Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Bessemer City, Gaston County, NC · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro · population 13,109

What it costs per month · 28016 $1,245/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$742 (+147%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $871 +0%
$236,381$237,252 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $54,138 +30%
$183,114$237,252 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 28016 $1,245 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28016$1,245
  • 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 28016 rose 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,410 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $237,252 as of Sep 2026
+0.4%year on year

Asking rent — 28016

Against the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro and the national benchmark.

$1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026 28016 $1,410 Charlotte $1,735 United States $1,932
$1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026
  • 28016$1,410
  • Charlotte$1,735
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 28016

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28016 $237,252 Charlotte $381,392 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28016$237,252
  • Charlotte$381,392
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.5 28034 Dallas 18,979 $1,928 $281,669
6.9 28086 Kings Mountain 29,460 $1,701 $247,082
7.1 28052 Gastonia 36,272 $1,385 $210,442
7.4 28033 Crouse 3,481 — $298,156
8.6 28054 Gastonia 41,707 $1,483 $266,983
9.0 28021 Cherryville 13,865 $1,075 $248,403
11.2 28098 Lowell 3,851 — $268,231
11.5 28056 Gastonia 36,200 $2,111 $347,147
11.7 28092 Lincolnton 40,350 $1,376 $296,311
12.6 28006 Alexis 1,518 — $337,228
12.6 28101 McAdenville 898 — $489,395
13.1 28032 Cramerton 2,869 $1,975 $306,361
13.7 28080 Iron Station 7,606 — $418,306
13.7 28073 Grover 5,890 — $175,869
14.4 28042 Fallston 299 — $204,101
14.7 28120 Mount Holly 25,805 $1,905 $363,265
14.9 28164 Stanley 16,874 $1,806 $364,284
15.1 29710 Clover 40,595 $2,002 $411,589
15.7 28012 Belmont 26,556 $1,779 $418,445
16.3 28150 Shelby 28,142 $1,017 $201,617
17.6 29702 Blacksburg 9,770 — $159,390
18.0 28152 Shelby 26,134 $1,299 $220,663
18.1 28168 Vale 10,484 — $291,937
18.2 28090 Lawndale 7,268 — $167,637
18.3 28214 Charlotte 43,837 $1,961 $332,587
19.2 28650 Maiden 12,746 — $313,602

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