ZIP 28518

28518 is one of 12 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Duplin County, NC — 89% of its own area is in the county.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 1 of the 11 with a value.

2 school locations in 28518: 1 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Beulaville Elementary, East Duplin High. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 28518 was worth $88,059.

Values peaked at $229,648 in April 2026. The latest reading is −0.3% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $229,061, +2.7% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $229,061. Put 20% down and borrow $183,249 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,269 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $54,500 a year, $4,542 a month. So the payment takes 27.9% 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 10.7% 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 $527.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $480.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,178 — +146% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +55%.

Reported values rose +160% 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 $173,794. So the real change is +32%, not +160%.

28518: +160% since January 2000.

Duplin County: +157% since January 2000.

North Carolina: +156% since January 2000 — 28518 ran ahead of it by 4 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $1,498 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $859 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 22.2. 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 7 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026).

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 33.

Going out — closed sales: about 8 a month.

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 1 more homes sold than came on each month, so inventory is shrinking. The basin is draining.

Homes sold: about 8 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 5 — so sales ran at 160% of it, and below it in 4 of the last 24 months.

Across Duplin County, builders pulled permits for 127 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 Duplin County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 610 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 631 moved out.

Net across those counties: −21 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 33 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Onslow, NC (123 households); most departures went to Wayne, NC (131).