ZIP 27530

27530 is one of 8 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Wayne County, NC.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 3 of the 6 with a value.

14 school locations in 27530: 4 elementary, 4 middle, 5 high, 1 other.

In alphabetical order: Carver Heights Elementary, Dillard Academy, Dillard Middle, Edgewood Cmty Developmental, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 27530 was worth $94,444.

Values peaked at $190,597 in July 2024. The latest reading is −6.0% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $179,124, −0.3% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $179,124. Put 20% down and borrow $143,299 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $992 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $55,507 a year, $4,626 a month. So the payment takes 21.4% of income — rated “affordable” (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 11.3% 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 $565.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $461.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $922 — +100% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +26%.

Reported values rose +90% 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 $186,395. So the real change is −4%, not +90%.

27530: +90% since January 2000.

Wayne County: +102% since January 2000.

North Carolina: +156% since January 2000 — 27530 ran behind it by 67 points.

Against 834 North Carolina ZIP codes, 27530 sits at the 82nd percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

21st for appreciation (recent value growth); 96th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $1,171 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,404 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 10.6. 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 45 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 100% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 148. That is 94% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 36 a month. That is 109% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.1 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 9 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 36 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 33 — so sales ran at 109% of it, and below it in 5 of the last 24 months.

Across Wayne County, builders pulled permits for 954 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 92% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Wayne County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 1,294 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 1,277 moved out.

Net across those counties: +17 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 148 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Johnston, NC (353 households); most departures went to Johnston, NC (284).