Cheapest ZIPs in Orange County, NC

No ZIP in Orange 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
    27243
    Efland, NC
    $393,824
    HavenScore: 57
  2. 2
    27231
    Cedar Grove, NC
    $401,349
    HavenScore: 44
  3. 3
    27510
    Carrboro, NC
    $429,936
    HavenScore: 43
  4. 4
    27278
    Hillsborough, NC
    $472,719
    HavenScore: 54
  5. 5
    27516
    Chapel Hill, NC
    $605,888
    HavenScore: 48
  6. 6
    27514
    Chapel Hill, NC
    $642,822
    HavenScore: 44
  7. 7
    27517
    Chapel Hill, NC
    $673,134
    HavenScore: 51

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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 Orange 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 Orange 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, Redfin, Census, FHFA, and FRED.