Zip lookup · NC

28128
Norwood, North Carolina.

Norwood, Stanly County, NC · Albemarle, NC metro · population 6,587

What it costs per month · 28128 $1,551/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$916 (+144%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $9,925 +3%
$285,541$295,466 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $67,546 +30%
$227,920$295,466 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 28128 $1,551 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28128$1,551
  • 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 28128 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $295,466 as of Sep 2026
+3.5%year on year

Typical home value — 28128

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28128 $295,466 Albemarle $302,541 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28128$295,466
  • Albemarle$302,541
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.8 28001 Albemarle 26,424 $1,335 $261,392
9.6 28129 Oakboro 5,852 — $332,571
10.3 27306 Mount Gilead 5,486 — $205,971
12.8 28135 Polkton 4,655 — $187,807
13.7 28009 Badin 1,456 — $169,819
14.4 28097 Locust 8,303 — $382,391
15.2 28163 Stanfield 6,491 — $396,358
15.8 28170 Wadesboro 10,103 — $129,147
16.2 28127 New London 8,506 — $314,362
18.3 28103 Marshville 10,714 — $320,097
18.7 27371 Troy 7,572 — $194,412
18.9 28124 Mount Pleasant 7,010 — $379,247

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