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Atlantic Beach, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Atlantic Beach, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,896. 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 ATLANTIC-BEACH-NC · Atlantic Beach, NC 1 ZIPs · 2,896 pop · #6034/25278 · Carteret County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $91,488
  • RANK-UPPER #6034/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Emerald Isle
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,896
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $565,400

Nearest income peer: Emerald Isle, NC ( $1,715 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 Atlantic Beach

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Atlantic Beach 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, Atlantic Beach, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,896
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,488
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 $91,488 and home value $565,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 61.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Atlantic Beach as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, South Mills is the closest lower-income city and Jamestown the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Atlantic Beach.

Population concentration

Atlantic Beach reads through its lone ZIP, 28512

2,896 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28512 is not the leading code inside Atlantic Beach, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Atlantic Beach's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 171 establishments, 1,349 employees , annual payroll $46,171k (~59 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28512 (171 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (45) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Atlantic Beach, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Carteret County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Atlantic Beach. See the Carteret County roll-up →

Atlantic Beach sits in the upper half of Carteret County on income: Newport, Morehead City and Beaufort report less, while Sealevel reports more. Atlantic marks the far end of that range at $55,978, 39% below Atlantic Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28512 2,896 $91,488 171 194
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Atlantic Beach 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 Atlantic Beach, .