Monthly cost of buying the typical home, at today's average 30-year rate. Change any number to fit your situation.
Zillow doesn't publish a rent index for this area.
Our forecast of +2.1% over 12 months would add roughly $482 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −2.5% to +8.8%, so treat it as uncertain.
Estimates only. Excludes maintenance (often about 1% of the price a year), the return the down payment could earn elsewhere, and tax effects. Rent is the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a typical market rent for all home types.
Redfin, all residential, monthly. These feed the metro trend model.
Strongest forecast relative to the metro first. “vs. metro” ranks each ZIP within Hickory, NC (100 = strongest).
| 28681 Taylorsville, NC | $269,420 | ▲ 7.6% | ▲ 4.0% −2% to +11% | 100 |
| 28168 Vale, NC | $297,387 | ▲ 4.4% | ▲ 3.9% −3% to +11% | 95 |
| 28636 Hiddenite, NC | $234,278 | ▲ 6.5% | ▲ 3.6% −3% to +11% | 90 |
| 28678 Stony Point, NC | $273,180 | ▲ 4.1% | ▲ 3.3% −3% to +11% | 85 |
| 28682 Terrell, NC | $526,727 | ▲ 1.1% | ▲ 3.1% −3% to +10% | 80 |
| 28650 Maiden, NC | $315,629 | ▲ 1.6% | ▲ 3.0% −3% to +10% | 75 |
| 28610 Claremont, NC | $260,433 | ▲ 2.7% | ▲ 2.9% −4% to +10% | 70 |
| 28612 Connelly Springs, NC | $239,307 | ▲ 2.5% | ▲ 2.8% −4% to +10% | 65 |
| 28658 Newton, NC | $257,978 | ▲ 1.3% | ▲ 2.8% −4% to +10% | 60 |
| 28609 Catawba, NC | $316,823 | ▲ 3.2% | ▲ 2.8% −4% to +10% | 55 |
| 28657 Newland, NC | $293,129 | ▲ 0.8% | ▲ 2.7% −4% to +10% | 50 |
| 28601 Hickory, NC | $306,190 | ▲ 1.9% | ▲ 2.6% −4% to +10% | 45 |
| 28690 Valdese, NC | $247,495 | ▲ 0.8% | ▲ 2.6% −4% to +10% | 40 |
| 28613 Conover, NC | $277,066 | ▲ 1.0% | ▲ 2.6% −4% to +10% | 35 |
| 28630 Granite Falls, NC | $257,569 | ▲ 2.5% | ▲ 2.4% −4% to +10% | 30 |