ZIP 27244

27244 is one of 10 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Alamance County, NC — 47% of its own area is in the county.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 3 of the 7 with a value.

4 school locations in 27244: 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary, Elon Elementary, Western Alamance High, Western Alamance Middle. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 27244 was worth $134,517.

Values peaked at $321,303 in April 2026. The latest reading is −0.8% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $318,603, +2.0% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $318,603. Put 20% down and borrow $254,882 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,765 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $70,982 a year, $5,915 a month. So the payment takes 29.8% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 12.6% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $805.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $703.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,639 — +133% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +47%.

Reported values rose +137% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $265,483. So the real change is +20%, not +137%.

27244: +95% since February 2016.

Alamance County: +101% since February 2016.

North Carolina: +96% since February 2016 — 27244 ran behind it by 2 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,083 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,685 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 15.8. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 13 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026).

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 41.

Going out — closed sales: about 9 a month.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.6 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 4 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 9 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 11 — so sales ran at 82% of it, and below it in 15 of the last 24 months.

Across Alamance County, builders pulled permits for 2,027 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 83% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Alamance County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 3,139 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 2,589 moved out.

Net across those counties: +550 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 41 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Guilford, NC (891 households); most departures went to Guilford, NC (949).