Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Winston-Salem, NC (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 27299 Linwood, NC $266,864 $972 2.84% 8.4%
2 27016 Danbury, NC $242,819 $1,179 3.79% 7.6%
3 27052 Walnut Cove, NC $249,316 $900 2.82% 7.6%
4 27239 Denton, NC $267,094 $864 2.52% 7.6%
5 27022 Lawsonville, NC $265,794 $855 2.51% 7.3%
6 27292 Lexington, NC $253,507 $1,333 4.10% 6.9%
7 27053 Mount Airy, NC $260,087 $837 2.51% 6.8%
8 27295 Lexington, NC $293,083 $2,015 5.36% 6.6%
9 27019 Germanton, NC $278,227 $846 2.37% 6.5%
10 27009 Belews Creek, NC $321,180 $1,368 3.32% 6.4%
11 27046 Sandy Ridge, NC $236,757 $837 2.76% 6.3%
12 27021 King, NC $281,504 $1,026 2.84% 6.2%
13 27051 Walkertown, NC $270,280 $2,000 5.77% 6.2%
14 27107 Winston-Salem, NC $244,936 $1,686 5.37% 6.1%
15 27023 Lewisville, NC $407,171 $1,825 3.50% 6.0%
16 27360 Thomasville, NC $241,045 $1,270 4.11% 6.0%
17 27055 Yadkinville, NC $250,854 $891 2.77% 5.8%
18 27050 Tobaccoville, NC $273,943 $945 2.69% 5.8%
19 27127 Winston-Salem, NC $259,605 $1,764 5.30% 5.7%
20 27020 Hamptonville, NC $253,686 $891 2.74% 5.7%
21 27045 Rural Hall, NC $275,310 $1,702 4.82% 5.5%
22 27011 Boonville, NC $232,063 $846 2.84% 5.4%
23 27106 Winston-Salem, NC $336,353 $1,285 2.98% 5.3%
24 27006 Advance, NC $416,553 $1,751 3.28% 5.3%
25 27028 Mocksville, NC $285,225 $1,575 4.31% 5.3%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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