PlainZIP

Bolton, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bolton, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,290. 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 BOLTON-NC · Bolton, NC 1 ZIPs · 2,290 pop · #20999/25278 · Columbus County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $52,250
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20999/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Brunswick
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,290
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $134,100

Nearest income peer: Brunswick, NC ( $3,375 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 Bolton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bolton 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, Bolton, 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.

17th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,290
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,250
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 ($52,250 average) · poverty 12.5%. The primary code (28423) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Bolton as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Bolton's single ZIP 28423 carries the town

Bolton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28423 is the entire residential footprint (2,290 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 Bolton

Citywide ZBP: 26 establishments, 179 employees , annual payroll $8,155k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28423 (26 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (6) · also Transportation and warehousing · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Bolton, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Columbus County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bolton. See the Columbus County roll-up →

Bolton lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Columbus County: Lake Waccamaw, Delco and Clarendon earn more and Whiteville, Tabor City and Chadbourn earn less. Clarendon marks the far end of that range at $90,815, 74% above Bolton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28423 2,290 $52,250 26 11
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