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Cheapest ZIPs in Transylvania County, NC

No ZIP in Transylvania 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
    28708
    Balsam Grove, NC
    $320,561
    HavenScore: 41
  2. 2
    28772
    Brevard, NC
    $326,576
    HavenScore: 56
  3. 3
    28718
    Cedar Mountain, NC
    $405,767
    HavenScore: 52
  4. 4
    28766
    Penrose, NC
    $407,935
    HavenScore: 38
  5. 5
    28768
    Pisgah Forest, NC
    $453,509
    HavenScore: 46
  6. 6
    28712
    Brevard, NC
    $462,487
    HavenScore: 49
  7. 7
    28774
    Sapphire, NC
    $657,291
    HavenScore: 55
  8. 8
    28747
    Lake Toxaway, NC
    $678,471
    HavenScore: 45

Transylvania County against North Carolina

The middle scored ZIP in each: 8 ZIPs in Transylvania County, 719 in North Carolina. HavenScore, scored October 1, 2026. Typical home value: Zillow, August 2026.

FigureTransylvania CountyNorth Carolina
Typical home value, Zillow$431K$288K
HavenScore4853

Every scored ZIP in Transylvania County, NC

All 8 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 Transylvania 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 Transylvania 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.