Zip lookup · NC

28018
Bostic, North Carolina.

Bostic, Rutherford County, NC · Forest City, NC metro · population 5,034

What it costs per month · 28018 $1,133/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$608 (+116%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,359 +3%
$209,548$215,907 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $31,437 +17%
$184,470$215,907 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 28018 $1,133 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28018$1,133
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.

Typical home values in zip 28018 rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $215,907 as of Sep 2026
+3.0%year on year

Typical home value — 28018

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28018 $215,907 Forest City $214,498 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28018$215,907
  • Forest City$214,498
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.2 28040 Ellenboro 6,961 — $185,180
8.9 28020 Casar 2,240 — $145,305
9.5 28167 Union Mills 2,253 — $235,652
9.6 28136 Polkville 66 — $144,580
11.2 28160 Spindale 3,665 — $152,114
12.6 28043 Forest City 20,930 — $188,711
13.3 28090 Lawndale 7,268 — $167,637
14.9 28139 Rutherfordton 20,008 — $242,594
15.6 28150 Shelby 28,142 $1,017 $201,617
15.6 28761 Nebo 8,150 — $366,920
16.7 28042 Fallston 299 — $204,101
17.8 28114 Mooresboro 7,104 — $155,295
17.8 28017 Boiling Springs 663 — $230,482
19.0 28655 Morganton 55,100 $1,444 $256,270
19.1 28612 Connelly Springs 11,290 — $236,219

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