PlainZIP

Atlantic, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Atlantic, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 694. 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-NC · Atlantic, NC 1 ZIPs · 694 pop · #19640/25278 · Carteret County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $55,978
  • RANK-LOWER #19640/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Harkers Island
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 694
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $156,000

Nearest income peer: Harkers Island, NC (+ $4,022 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

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Atlantic 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, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

22nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
694
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$55,978
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($55,978 average) · poverty 15.6%. The primary code (28511) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Roxboro is the closest lower-income city and Oxford the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Atlantic.

Population concentration

Atlantic reads through its lone ZIP, 28511

694 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28511 is not the leading code inside Atlantic, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Atlantic

Citywide ZBP: 10 establishments, 77 employees , annual payroll $3,735k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28511 (10 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Atlantic, NC

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

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Carteret County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Atlantic, Newport, Morehead City and Beaufort among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Sealevel marks the far end of that range at $96,563, 73% above Atlantic.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28511 694 $55,978 10 33
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Atlantic 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, .