PlainZIP

Alexander, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Alexander, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,635. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALEXANDER-NC · Alexander, NC 1 ZIPs · 3,635 pop · #3302/25278 · Buncombe County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $108,125
  • RANK-TOP #3302/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Fairview
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,635
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $324,300

Nearest income peer: Fairview, NC ( $5,225 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Alexander

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Alexander on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Alexander, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,635
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$108,125
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $108,125 and home value $324,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 44.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Lewisville is the closest lower-income city and Chapel Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 3 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Alexander.

Population concentration

Alexander reads through its lone ZIP, 28701

3,635 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28701 is not the leading code inside Alexander, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Alexander's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 55 establishments, 157 employees , annual payroll $8,427k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28701 (55 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (22) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Alexander, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Buncombe County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Alexander. See the Buncombe County roll-up →

Alexander sits in the upper half of Buncombe County on income: Asheville, Candler and Weaverville report less, while Montreat reports more. Leicester marks the far end of that range at $59,013, 45% below Alexander.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28701 3,635 $108,125 55 79
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