Zip lookup · NC

28618
Deep Gap, North Carolina.

Deep Gap, Watauga County, NC · Boone, NC metro · population 2,208

What it costs per month · 28618 $2,083/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,266 (+155%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $1,099 +0%
$395,851$396,949 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $92,555 +30%
$304,394$396,949 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 28618 $2,083 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28618$2,083
  • 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 28618 rose 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Watauga County, NC 88% · Wilkes County, NC 12%

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

Typical home value $396,949 as of Sep 2026
+0.3%year on year

Typical home value — 28618

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28618 $396,949 Boone $507,770 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28618$396,949
  • Boone$507,770
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 28626 Fleetwood 3,173 — $405,918
7.3 28607 Boone 35,679 $2,336 $491,351
7.7 28665 Purlear 2,483 — $289,657
8.3 28624 Ferguson 1,438 — $220,548
10.5 28684 Todd 1,961 — $459,488
10.8 28694 West Jefferson 7,626 — $355,579
11.7 28605 Blowing Rock 3,883 — $775,424
13.4 28651 Millers Creek 5,578 — $229,203
14.7 28640 Jefferson 4,820 — $373,602
15.4 28606 Boomer 2,187 — $210,512
15.5 28698 Zionville 2,320 — $340,247
16.1 28645 Lenoir 45,997 $1,364 $215,085
16.3 28692 Vilas 4,367 — $421,023
17.4 37691 Trade 475 — $266,840
17.9 28693 Warrensville 1,071 — $277,704
18.7 28679 Sugar Grove 2,454 — $405,027
18.8 28611 Collettsville 424 — $164,166
18.8 28604 Banner Elk 7,869 — $490,818
19.3 28615 Creston 1,878 — $272,011

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