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North Carolina ZIP codes — sparsely populated rural
The 294 ZIP codes in North Carolina whose profile page carries the population-type classification “sparsely populated rural”, ordered by population. Counts, population and median income come from the site's ZIP records (GeoNames postal data joined to U.S. Census ACS 2022 estimates).
North Carolina home · All sparsely populated rural ZIP codes
ZIP codes
294
Population
663,968
Median income
$58,259
ZIP codes in this group
| ZIP | City | County | Population | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28366 | Newton Grove | Sampson | 4,997 | $59,881 |
| 28636 | Hiddenite | Alexander | 4,926 | $65,371 |
| 27011 | Boonville | Yadkin | 4,853 | $58,198 |
| 27891 | Whitakers | Nash | 4,812 | $57,979 |
| 28344 | Godwin | Cumberland | 4,766 | $45,999 |
| 27921 | Camden | Camden | 4,696 | $73,864 |
| 28323 | Bunnlevel | Harnett | 4,695 | $53,190 |
| 28468 | Sunset Beach | Brunswick | 4,645 | $83,143 |
| 28351 | Laurel Hill | Scotland | 4,617 | $41,970 |
| 27379 | Yanceyville | Caswell | 4,570 | $43,438 |
| 27864 | Pinetops | Edgecombe | 4,524 | $58,182 |
| 27209 | Biscoe | Montgomery | 4,521 | $49,271 |
| 28018 | Bostic | Rutherford | 4,516 | $55,188 |
| 28478 | Willard | Pender | 4,424 | $61,680 |
| 28433 | Clarkton | Bladen | 4,403 | $36,835 |
| 28692 | Vilas | Watauga | 4,355 | $44,824 |
| 27562 | New Hill | Wake | 4,345 | $155,406 |
| 27976 | South Mills | Camden | 4,330 | $88,125 |
| 27544 | Kittrell | Vance | 4,319 | $70,666 |
| 28756 | Mill Spring | Polk | 4,244 | $60,049 |
| 27248 | Franklinville | Randolph | 4,211 | $55,114 |
| 27027 | Mayodan | Rockingham | 4,209 | $43,768 |
| 27809 | Battleboro | Edgecombe | 4,209 | $66,912 |
| 28741 | Highlands | Macon | 4,209 | $65,606 |
| 27341 | Seagrove | Randolph | 4,128 | $53,632 |
| 28751 | Maggie Valley | Haywood | 4,071 | $61,398 |
| 28456 | Riegelwood | Columbus | 4,001 | $42,323 |
| 28643 | Lansing | Ashe | 3,978 | $46,760 |
| 27880 | Sims | Wilson | 3,969 | $81,329 |
| 28160 | Spindale | Rutherford | 3,957 | $38,170 |
| 28318 | Autryville | Sampson | 3,925 | $60,672 |
| 28726 | East Flat Rock | Henderson | 3,924 | $52,463 |
| 28594 | Emerald Isle | Carteret | 3,870 | $85,982 |
| 27830 | Fremont | Wayne | 3,867 | $46,747 |
| 28585 | Trenton | Jones | 3,830 | $56,875 |
| 27839 | Halifax | Halifax | 3,807 | $44,214 |
| 27050 | Tobaccoville | Forsyth | 3,803 | $84,016 |
| 28223 | Charlotte | Mecklenburg | 3,801 | — |
| 27581 | Stem | Granville | 3,774 | $67,500 |
| 27311 | Pelham | Caswell | 3,766 | $35,216 |
| 28349 | Kenansville | Duplin | 3,765 | $61,705 |
| 27883 | Stantonsburg | Wilson | 3,751 | $56,141 |
| 27810 | Belhaven | Beaufort | 3,736 | $41,184 |
| 27207 | Bear Creek | Chatham | 3,726 | $65,526 |
| 28338 | Ellerbe | Richmond | 3,721 | $56,854 |
| 28729 | Etowah | Henderson | 3,616 | $89,773 |
| 27871 | Robersonville | Martin | 3,606 | $44,127 |
| 28098 | Lowell | Gaston | 3,573 | $58,281 |
| 28453 | Magnolia | Duplin | 3,559 | $39,256 |
| 27541 | Hurdle Mills | Person | 3,522 | $72,345 |
| 27009 | Belews Creek | Forsyth | 3,486 | $95,855 |
| 27326 | Ruffin | Rockingham | 3,433 | $63,182 |
| 28512 | Atlantic Beach | Carteret | 3,414 | $72,500 |
| 27929 | Currituck | Currituck | 3,403 | $114,775 |
| 27019 | Germanton | Stokes | 3,391 | $51,596 |
| 28905 | Marble | Cherokee | 3,379 | $51,908 |
| 28790 | Zirconia | Henderson | 3,358 | $95,352 |
| 28542 | Camp Lejeune | Onslow | 3,348 | $108,125 |
| 28635 | Hays | Wilkes | 3,346 | $41,123 |
| 28605 | Blowing Rock | Watauga | 3,330 | $68,939 |
| 27805 | Aulander | Bertie | 3,321 | $47,134 |
| 27283 | Julian | Guilford | 3,285 | $74,383 |
| 27281 | Jackson Springs | Moore | 3,271 | $73,974 |
| 28341 | Faison | Duplin | 3,271 | $50,708 |
| 27708 | Durham | Durham | 3,209 | — |
| 27816 | Castalia | Nash | 3,199 | $31,702 |
| 27229 | Candor | Montgomery | 3,174 | $46,150 |
| 27874 | Scotland Neck | Halifax | 3,168 | $31,629 |
| 27959 | Nags Head | Dare | 3,158 | $87,560 |
| 27844 | Hollister | Halifax | 3,156 | $37,731 |
| 28654 | Moravian Falls | Wilkes | 3,142 | $47,656 |
| 27925 | Columbia | Tyrrell | 3,117 | $51,552 |
| 27412 | Greensboro | Guilford | 3,101 | — |
| 28088 | Landis | Rowan | 3,094 | $57,143 |
| 27233 | Climax | Guilford | 3,068 | $74,934 |
| 28676 | State Road | Surry | 3,059 | $51,844 |
| 27937 | Gates | Gates | 3,050 | $57,500 |
| 27053 | Westfield | Surry | 3,025 | $63,141 |
| 27356 | Star | Montgomery | 3,020 | $56,117 |
| 28626 | Fleetwood | Ashe | 3,003 | $62,891 |
| 28742 | Horse Shoe | Henderson | 3,000 | $79,904 |
| 28071 | Gold Hill | Rowan | 2,996 | $72,900 |
| 28441 | Garland | Sampson | 2,970 | $41,515 |
| 28159 | Spencer | Rowan | 2,954 | $60,449 |
| 28773 | Saluda | Polk | 2,949 | $66,298 |
| 28515 | Bayboro | Pamlico | 2,940 | $26,522 |
| 28032 | Cramerton | Gaston | 2,925 | $75,026 |
| 28480 | Wrightsville Beach | New Hanover | 2,899 | $121,417 |
| 28571 | Oriental | Pamlico | 2,892 | $67,292 |
| 28137 | Richfield | Stanly | 2,837 | $73,516 |
| 27970 | Roper | Washington | 2,799 | $32,905 |
| 28525 | Deep Run | Lenoir | 2,790 | $53,702 |
| 28665 | Purlear | Wilkes | 2,780 | $43,393 |
| 28454 | Maple Hill | Pender | 2,769 | $59,844 |
| 28746 | Lake Lure | Rutherford | 2,752 | $63,036 |
| 28033 | Crouse | Lincoln | 2,738 | $56,525 |
| 28533 | Cherry Point | Craven | 2,729 | — |
| 27846 | Jamesville | Martin | 2,726 | $41,870 |
| 28420 | Ash | Brunswick | 2,710 | $51,364 |
| 27355 | Staley | Randolph | 2,709 | $60,826 |
| 28373 | Pinebluff | Moore | 2,671 | $74,130 |
| 28669 | Roaring River | Wilkes | 2,662 | $50,521 |
| 28763 | Otto | Macon | 2,660 | $61,953 |
| 28125 | Mount Ulla | Rowan | 2,643 | $76,798 |
| 28423 | Bolton | Columbus | 2,624 | $40,052 |
| 28526 | Dover | Craven | 2,584 | $37,269 |
| 28698 | Zionville | Watauga | 2,582 | $54,306 |
| 27109 | Winston-Salem | Forsyth | 2,547 | — |
| 27831 | Garysburg | Northampton | 2,522 | $29,940 |
| 27832 | Gaston | Northampton | 2,505 | $47,580 |
| 28444 | Harrells | Sampson | 2,500 | $58,438 |
| 28523 | Cove City | Craven | 2,495 | $43,994 |
| 28689 | Union Grove | Iredell | 2,487 | $69,853 |
| 27865 | Pinetown | Beaufort | 2,479 | $71,843 |
| 27845 | Jackson | Northampton | 2,477 | $45,341 |
| 28670 | Ronda | Wilkes | 2,451 | $48,641 |
| 28020 | Casar | Cleveland | 2,450 | $36,958 |
| 27852 | Macclesfield | Edgecombe | 2,443 | $54,145 |
| 28357 | Lumber Bridge | Robeson | 2,429 | $47,336 |
| 28395 | Wade | Cumberland | 2,426 | $80,952 |
| 27110 | Winston-Salem | Forsyth | 2,421 | — |
| 27508 | Bunn | Franklin | 2,409 | $49,798 |
| 27939 | Grandy | Currituck | 2,407 | $70,465 |
| 27924 | Colerain | Bertie | 2,401 | $38,864 |
| 28464 | Teachey | Duplin | 2,388 | $42,019 |
| 28622 | Elk Park | Avery | 2,384 | $44,491 |
| 27890 | Weldon | Halifax | 2,341 | $31,063 |
| 28660 | Olin | Iredell | 2,326 | $72,056 |
| 28709 | Barnardsville | Buncombe | 2,305 | $67,566 |
| 28743 | Hot Springs | Madison | 2,301 | $52,625 |
| 27046 | Sandy Ridge | Stokes | 2,295 | $54,259 |
| 28679 | Sugar Grove | Watauga | 2,292 | $61,857 |
| 27820 | Conway | Northampton | 2,276 | $52,932 |
| 28396 | Wagram | Scotland | 2,272 | $51,174 |
| 28747 | Lake Toxaway | Transylvania | 2,269 | $58,400 |
| 28119 | Morven | Anson | 2,253 | $47,780 |
| 27806 | Aurora | Beaufort | 2,248 | $45,500 |
| 28455 | Nakina | Columbus | 2,245 | $51,279 |
| 27024 | Lowgap | Surry | 2,243 | $59,083 |
| 27812 | Bethel | Pitt | 2,232 | $50,036 |
| 27231 | Cedar Grove | Orange | 2,221 | $70,625 |
| 28538 | Hookerton | Greene | 2,221 | $52,368 |
| 27808 | Bath | Beaufort | 2,208 | $95,568 |
| 27559 | Moncure | Chatham | 2,199 | $56,709 |
| 28618 | Deep Gap | Watauga | 2,196 | $55,350 |
| 27007 | Ararat | Surry | 2,187 | $85,739 |
| 28430 | Cerro Gordo | Columbus | 2,165 | $59,028 |
| 27695 | Raleigh | Wake | 2,164 | — |
| 28385 | Salemburg | Sampson | 2,149 | $69,240 |
| 28167 | Union Mills | Rutherford | 2,142 | $55,387 |
| 28133 | Peachland | Anson | 2,125 | $60,817 |
| 27212 | Blanch | Caswell | 2,084 | $88,125 |
| 28450 | Lake Waccamaw | Columbus | 2,078 | $63,667 |
| 28369 | Orrum | Robeson | 2,067 | $40,132 |
| 28421 | Atkinson | Pender | 2,047 | $58,203 |
| 28685 | Traphill | Wilkes | 2,038 | $40,313 |
| 28449 | Kure Beach | New Hanover | 2,033 | $101,471 |
| 27926 | Corapeake | Gates | 2,027 | $46,653 |
| 27054 | Woodleaf | Rowan | 2,017 | $92,823 |
| 28347 | Hoffman | Richmond | 2,016 | $37,462 |
| 27981 | Wanchese | Dare | 2,009 | $71,484 |
| 28435 | Currie | Pender | 1,964 | $42,394 |
| 27551 | Macon | Warren | 1,962 | $74,833 |
| 28617 | Crumpler | Ashe | 1,938 | $38,750 |
| 27507 | Bullock | Granville | 1,935 | $85,327 |
| 28393 | Turkey | Sampson | 1,914 | $34,699 |
| 28091 | Lilesville | Anson | 1,887 | $45,972 |
| 27986 | Winton | Hertford | 1,875 | $46,196 |
| 27928 | Creswell | Washington | 1,865 | $58,750 |
| 28573 | Pollocksville | Jones | 1,863 | $59,100 |
| 28343 | Gibson | Scotland | 1,857 | $40,882 |
| 28399 | White Oak | Bladen | 1,825 | $43,750 |
| 27950 | Knotts Island | Currituck | 1,819 | $82,500 |
| 27888 | Walstonburg | Greene | 1,814 | $48,194 |
| 28529 | Grantsboro | Pamlico | 1,776 | $61,875 |
| 27305 | Milton | Caswell | 1,774 | $47,917 |
| 27869 | Rich Square | Northampton | 1,774 | $40,929 |
| 28623 | Ennice | Alleghany | 1,771 | $56,125 |
| 27938 | Gatesville | Gates | 1,764 | $58,281 |
| 27016 | Danbury | Stokes | 1,759 | $50,524 |
| 28582 | Stella | Carteret | 1,750 | $62,171 |
| 28508 | Albertson | Duplin | 1,736 | $36,404 |
| 28392 | Tar Heel | Bladen | 1,727 | — |
| 28740 | Green Mountain | Yancey | 1,727 | $51,316 |
| 28615 | Creston | Ashe | 1,717 | $50,383 |
| 27411 | Greensboro | Guilford | 1,697 | — |
| 27814 | Blounts Creek | Beaufort | 1,685 | $81,406 |
| 27935 | Eure | Gates | 1,667 | $63,750 |
| 28606 | Boomer | Wilkes | 1,666 | $49,797 |
| 28521 | Chinquapin | Duplin | 1,632 | $54,324 |
| 27208 | Bennett | Chatham | 1,615 | $55,729 |
| 27553 | Manson | Vance | 1,613 | $29,857 |
| 28637 | Hildebran | Burke | 1,601 | $52,798 |
| 27315 | Providence | Caswell | 1,590 | $59,904 |
| 27980 | Tyner | Chowan | 1,572 | $72,528 |
| 28684 | Todd | Ashe | 1,571 | $62,575 |
| 27884 | Stokes | Pitt | 1,541 | $58,614 |
| 27343 | Semora | Person | 1,510 | $91,597 |
| 27568 | Pine Level | Johnston | 1,509 | $65,625 |
| 27842 | Henrico | Northampton | 1,503 | $79,896 |
| 28438 | Evergreen | Columbus | 1,490 | $54,095 |
| 27252 | Goldston | Chatham | 1,485 | $37,356 |
| 27920 | Buxton | Dare | 1,477 | $87,344 |
| 28436 | Delco | Columbus | 1,469 | $72,540 |
| 28682 | Terrell | Catawba | 1,456 | $92,923 |
| 28432 | Clarendon | Columbus | 1,447 | $51,917 |
| 27824 | Engelhard | Hyde | 1,445 | $29,844 |
| 28783 | Tuckasegee | Jackson | 1,433 | $65,240 |
| 28649 | Mc Grady | Wilkes | 1,429 | $43,350 |
| 28693 | Warrensville | Ashe | 1,413 | $46,979 |
| 27829 | Fountain | Pitt | 1,387 | $55,304 |
| 28717 | Cashiers | Jackson | 1,381 | $71,023 |
| 28510 | Arapahoe | Pamlico | 1,379 | $54,757 |
| 28447 | Ivanhoe | Sampson | 1,378 | $46,139 |
| 28627 | Glade Valley | Alleghany | 1,371 | $45,250 |
| 28683 | Thurmond | Wilkes | 1,359 | $43,771 |
| 28624 | Ferguson | Wilkes | 1,350 | $51,698 |
| 27957 | Merry Hill | Bertie | 1,342 | $36,250 |
| 27860 | Pantego | Beaufort | 1,311 | $66,042 |
| 27047 | Siloam | Surry | 1,307 | $71,250 |
| 27897 | Woodland | Northampton | 1,303 | $53,021 |
| 27927 | Corolla | Currituck | 1,279 | $85,962 |
| 28774 | Sapphire | Transylvania | 1,274 | $113,798 |
| 27242 | Eagle Springs | Moore | 1,271 | $29,327 |
| 27973 | Shawboro | Currituck | 1,266 | $68,214 |
| 28009 | Badin | Stanly | 1,216 | $42,708 |
| 28006 | Alexis | Gaston | 1,206 | $48,171 |
| 27818 | Como | Hertford | 1,189 | $52,539 |
| 28442 | Hallsboro | Columbus | 1,184 | $42,212 |
| 27947 | Jarvisburg | Currituck | 1,183 | $83,571 |
| 27966 | Powells Point | Currituck | 1,165 | $74,671 |
| 27946 | Hobbsville | Gates | 1,155 | $63,611 |
| 27849 | Lewiston Woodville | Bertie | 1,150 | $42,524 |
| 27847 | Kelford | Bertie | 1,140 | $28,750 |
| 28644 | Laurel Springs | Ashe | 1,134 | $31,500 |
| 27826 | Fairfield | Hyde | 1,116 | $44,750 |
| 27291 | Leasburg | Caswell | 1,115 | $83,958 |
| 28531 | Harkers Island | Carteret | 1,104 | $67,888 |
| 27974 | Shiloh | Camden | 1,097 | $82,011 |
| 27857 | Oak City | Martin | 1,096 | $53,125 |
| 27022 | Lawsonville | Stokes | 1,081 | $34,881 |
| 27876 | Seaboard | Northampton | 1,058 | $46,448 |
| 28772 | Rosman | Transylvania | 1,057 | $70,000 |
| 28527 | Ernul | Craven | 1,055 | $59,375 |
| 28101 | Mc Adenville | Gaston | 1,048 | $94,792 |
| 27843 | Hobgood | Halifax | 1,011 | $42,344 |
| 27268 | High Point | Guilford | 995 | — |
| 27506 | Buies Creek | Harnett | 990 | — |
| 28363 | Marston | Richmond | 965 | $41,523 |
| 27878 | Sharpsburg | Nash | 962 | $29,972 |
| 28359 | Lumberton | Robeson | 957 | — |
| 28631 | Grassy Creek | Ashe | 946 | — |
| 28781 | Topton | Cherokee | 914 | $40,515 |
| 28007 | Ansonville | Anson | 913 | $54,375 |
| 28902 | Brasstown | Clay | 909 | $53,438 |
| 28766 | Penrose | Transylvania | 896 | $74,375 |
| 28736 | Glenville | Jackson | 895 | $65,750 |
| 27916 | Aydlett | Currituck | 884 | $73,670 |
| 28439 | Fair Bluff | Columbus | 879 | $26,750 |
| 28448 | Kelly | Bladen | 871 | $38,611 |
| 27866 | Pleasant Hill | Northampton | 862 | $88,621 |
| 27922 | Cofield | Hertford | 838 | $46,583 |
| 27014 | Cooleemee | Davie | 803 | $52,250 |
| 28332 | Dublin | Bladen | 787 | $59,464 |
| 27919 | Belvidere | Perquimans | 785 | $56,088 |
| 28556 | Merritt | Pamlico | 777 | — |
| 27953 | Manns Harbor | Dare | 774 | $50,302 |
| 27813 | Black Creek | Wilson | 735 | $52,868 |
| 27885 | Swanquarter | Hyde | 734 | $49,333 |
| 28579 | Smyrna | Carteret | 734 | $65,880 |
| 27917 | Barco | Currituck | 720 | — |
| 27960 | Ocracoke | Hyde | 715 | $65,672 |
| 27942 | Harrellsville | Hertford | 684 | $31,875 |
| 27979 | Sunbury | Gates | 681 | $54,554 |
| 27964 | Point Harbor | Currituck | 673 | $63,771 |
| 27819 | Conetoe | Edgecombe | 671 | $36,835 |
| 28072 | Granite Quarry | Rowan | 662 | $54,033 |
| 27853 | Margarettsville | Northampton | 659 | — |
| 27936 | Frisco | Dare | 659 | $65,368 |
| 28274 | Charlotte | Mecklenburg | 657 | — |
| 27314 | Prospect Hill | Caswell | 642 | $54,609 |
| 27531 | Goldsboro | Wayne | 642 | — |
| 28109 | Misenheimer | Stanly | 641 | $28,835 |
| 28528 | Gloucester | Carteret | 606 | $54,732 |
| 28511 | Atlantic | Carteret | 604 | $46,683 |
| 27862 | Pendleton | Northampton | 577 | $65,500 |
| 28646 | Linville | Avery | 574 | $71,538 |
| 27923 | Coinjock | Currituck | 572 | $61,186 |
| 28707 | Balsam | Jackson | 564 | $47,847 |
| 28718 | Cedar Mountain | Transylvania | 562 | $67,892 |
| 28775 | Scaly Mountain | Macon | 562 | $90,313 |
| 28452 | Longwood | Brunswick | 541 | $46,641 |
| 28330 | Cordova | Richmond | 535 | — |
| 28519 | Bridgeton | Craven | 510 | $49,167 |