PlainZIP

Bakersville, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bakersville, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,715. 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 BAKERSVILLE-NC · Bakersville, NC 1 ZIPs · 6,715 pop · #20025/25278 · Mitchell County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $54,858
  • RANK-LOWER #20025/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Spruce Pine
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,715
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $220,600

Nearest income peer: Spruce Pine, NC (+ $8,520 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 Bakersville

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

21st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,715
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,858
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 ($54,858 average) · poverty 11.6%. The primary code (28705) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Bakersville as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Albemarle is the closest lower-income city and Nebo the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bakersville.

Population concentration

Bakersville's single ZIP 28705 carries the town

Bakersville is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28705 is the entire residential footprint (6,715 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Bakersville

Citywide ZBP: 88 establishments, 918 employees , annual payroll $40,051k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28705 (88 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (15) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Bakersville, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Mitchell County, which covers 2 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bakersville. See the Mitchell County roll-up →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28705 6,715 $54,858 88 21
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