Zip lookup · NC

28692
Vilas, North Carolina.

Vilas, Watauga County, NC · Boone, NC metro · population 4,367

What it costs per month · 28692 $2,210/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,269 (+135%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,312 +2%
$414,711$421,023 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $77,197 +22%
$343,826$421,023 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 28692 $2,210 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28692$2,210
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 28692 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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 $421,023 as of Sep 2026
+1.5%year on year

Typical home value — 28692

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28692 $421,023 Boone $507,770 United States $366,157
$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28692$421,023
  • Boone$507,770
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.1 28679 Sugar Grove 2,454 — $405,027
5.4 28698 Zionville 2,320 — $340,247
6.4 37691 Trade 475 — $266,840
7.8 28604 Banner Elk 7,869 — $490,818
9.4 28607 Boone 35,679 $2,336 $491,351
10.5 28622 Elk Park 2,565 — $307,009
10.5 28684 Todd 1,961 — $459,488
10.8 37640 Butler 3,851 — $306,612
11.3 28605 Blowing Rock 3,883 — $775,424
12.1 37683 Mountain City 12,943 — $233,747
13.9 28646 Linville 382 — $1,377,285
14.9 28615 Creston 1,878 — $272,011
16.3 28626 Fleetwood 3,173 — $405,918
16.3 28618 Deep Gap 2,208 — $396,949
18.1 37687 Roan Mountain 4,493 — $247,001
18.5 28693 Warrensville 1,071 — $277,704
18.6 28694 West Jefferson 7,626 — $355,579
19.0 37688 Shady Valley 1,138 — $233,753
19.2 28611 Collettsville 424 — $164,166
19.2 28657 Newland 8,188 — $292,035

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