Zip lookup · NC

28679
Vilas, North Carolina.

Vilas, Watauga County, NC · Boone, NC metro · population 2,454

What it costs per month · 28679 $2,126/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,201 (+130%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,611 +1%
$402,416$405,027 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $70,525 +21%
$334,501$405,027 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 28679 $2,126 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28679$2,126
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 28679 rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Watauga County, NC 96% · Avery County, NC 4%

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

Typical home value $405,027 as of Sep 2026
+0.6%year on year

Typical home value — 28679

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28679 $405,027 Boone $507,770 United States $366,157
$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28679$405,027
  • Boone$507,770
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.1 28692 Vilas 4,367 — $421,023
5.7 28604 Banner Elk 7,869 — $490,818
7.4 28622 Elk Park 2,565 — $307,009
8.3 28698 Zionville 2,320 — $340,247
8.9 37691 Trade 475 — $266,840
9.0 37640 Butler 3,851 — $306,612
11.4 28607 Boone 35,679 $2,336 $491,351
11.6 28605 Blowing Rock 3,883 — $775,424
12.2 28646 Linville 382 — $1,377,285
13.4 37683 Mountain City 12,943 — $233,747
13.6 28684 Todd 1,961 — $459,488
15.1 37687 Roan Mountain 4,493 — $247,001
16.9 28657 Newland 8,188 — $292,035
17.4 37658 Hampton 3,854 — $208,561
17.6 28615 Creston 1,878 — $272,011
18.3 37643 Elizabethton 34,120 $1,125 $233,153
18.5 28611 Collettsville 424 — $164,166
18.7 28618 Deep Gap 2,208 — $396,949
19.1 28626 Fleetwood 3,173 — $405,918
19.9 37688 Shady Valley 1,138 — $233,753

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