Apex, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Apex, NC: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 59,075. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet APEX-NC · Apex, NC 3 ZIPs · 59,075 pop · #1103/25278 · Wake County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-HIGH
- INC-TOP $141,831
- RANK-TOP #1103/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Wake Forest
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 79% owners
- POP-SMALL 59,075
- SPREAD-TIGHT 27523→27539
- HOME-HIGH $591,933
Nearest income peer: Wake Forest, NC ( $8,088 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 Apex
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Apex on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Zebulon · lowest
Zebulon · lowest
$84,625 median HH income
- Holly Springs · near
Holly Springs · near
$128,989 median HH income
- Cary · near
Cary · near
$129,731 median HH income
- Rolesville · near
Rolesville · near
$131,139 median HH income
- Wake Forest · near
Wake Forest · near
$133,743 median HH income
- Apex · this city · highest
Apex · this city · highest
$141,831 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Apex, NC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 4%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 59,075
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $141,831
- 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 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $141,831 and home value $591,933 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 67.6%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Apex as a pure owner town.
Within North Carolina, Summerfield is the closest lower-income city and Harrisburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Apex.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Apex differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Apex: $135,625 in ZIP 27523 to $145,947 in 27539. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 4.5 points
27523 to 27539
27502 to 27523
27502 to 27523
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 27502 skews compact Apex
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 27502 covers about 52% of Apex's 59,075 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Apex
Citywide ZBP: 2,131 establishments, 21,158 employees , annual payroll $1,080,964k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27502 (1,281 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (449) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Apex, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Wake County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Apex. See the Wake County roll-up →
No other city sharing Wake County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Apex. Raleigh, Cary and Wake Forest sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Garner marks the far end of that range at $85,716, 40% below Apex.
Side-by-side: Compare 27502 vs 27539 →
Apex roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Apex, .