Zip lookup · NC

28622
Elk Park, North Carolina.

Elk Park, Avery County, NC · population 2,565

What it costs per month · 28622 $1,611/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,019 (+172%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $1,733 -1%
$308,742$307,009 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $68,878 +29%
$238,131$307,009 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 28622 $1,611 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28622$1,611
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 28622 fell 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Avery County, NC 100% · Watauga County, NC 0%

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

Typical home value $307,009 as of Sep 2026
-0.6%year on year

Typical home value — 28622

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 28622 $307,009 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2020 2022 2024 2026
  • 28622$307,009
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 28604 Banner Elk 7,869 — $490,818
7.4 28679 Sugar Grove 2,454 — $405,027
8.3 37687 Roan Mountain 4,493 — $247,001
9.5 37640 Butler 3,851 — $306,612
9.9 28646 Linville 382 — $1,377,285
10.5 28692 Vilas 4,367 — $421,023
11.5 28657 Newland 8,188 — $292,035
12.3 37658 Hampton 3,854 — $208,561
14.4 28605 Blowing Rock 3,883 — $775,424
15.6 28705 Bakersville 6,732 — $224,505
15.7 28698 Zionville 2,320 — $340,247
16.1 37691 Trade 475 — $266,840
16.3 37643 Elizabethton 34,120 $1,125 $233,153
17.0 28607 Boone 35,679 $2,336 $491,351
17.6 28611 Collettsville 424 — $164,166
19.2 37683 Mountain City 12,943 — $233,747
19.8 37692 Unicoi 4,766 — $291,910

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