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Cheapest ZIPs in Catawba County, NC

No ZIP in Catawba County, NCclears the HavenScore: 60 quality floor this month — in high-cost counties, low prices and strong scores rarely overlap. Below is the affordable end anyway: the county’s most affordable scored ZIPs, ranked by median home value with each ZIP’s score shown. Refreshed October 2026.

  1. 1
    28602
    Hickory, NC
    $252,021
    HavenScore: 56
  2. 2
    28658
    Newton, NC
    $257,978
    HavenScore: 58
  3. 3
    28610
    Claremont, NC
    $260,433
    HavenScore: 54
  4. 4
    28613
    Conover, NC
    $277,066
    HavenScore: 51
  5. 5
    28168
    Vale, NC
    $297,387
    HavenScore: 51
  6. 6
    28601
    Hickory, NC
    $306,190
    HavenScore: 57
  7. 7
    28650
    Maiden, NC
    $315,629
    HavenScore: 54
  8. 8
    28609
    Catawba, NC
    $316,823
    HavenScore: 58
  9. 9
    28673
    Sherrills Ford, NC
    $497,725
    HavenScore: 54
  10. 10
    28682
    Terrell, NC
    $526,726
    HavenScore: 51

Catawba County against North Carolina

The middle scored ZIP in each: 10 ZIPs in Catawba County, 719 in North Carolina. HavenScore, scored October 1, 2026. Typical home value: Zillow, August 2026.

FigureCatawba CountyNorth Carolina
Typical home value, Zillow$302K$288K
HavenScore5453

Every scored ZIP in Catawba County, NC

All 10 scored ZIPs, A to Z by city. The list above ranks only the cheapest. HavenScore, scored October 1, 2026. Typical home value: Zillow, August 2026.

Each row: ZIP, city, HavenScore (0–100), typical home value (Zillow).

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Frequently asked questions

Why doesn't this list use the usual quality floor?
Cheapest-ZIPs lists normally include only ZIPs with HavenScore: 60 or above. No ZIP in Catawba County, NC clears that floor this month, so this page shows the county's most affordable scored ZIPs instead — with each ZIP's HavenScore shown, so the trade-off stays visible.
How is "most affordable" measured here?
ZIPs are ranked by median home value from lowest to highest across every scored ZIP in Catawba County, NC. Because no ZIP clears the quality floor this month, no score filter is applied to this list.
How often is this list updated?
This page refreshes monthly when our pipeline ingests new data from Zillow, Realtor, Redfin, and Census.