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Carolina Beach, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carolina Beach, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,033. 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 CAROLINA-BEACH-NC · Carolina Beach, NC 1 ZIPs · 6,033 pop · #5647/25278 · New Hanover County

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

  • INC-HIGH $93,241
  • RANK-UPPER #5647/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Kure Beach
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,033
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $572,700

Nearest income peer: Kure Beach, NC (+ $14,322 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 Carolina Beach

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

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,033
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,241
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 $93,241 and home value $572,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 50.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carolina Beach as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Granite Quarry is the closest lower-income city and Gold Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carolina Beach.

Population concentration

Carolina Beach reads through its lone ZIP, 28428

6,033 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28428 is not the leading code inside Carolina 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 Carolina Beach's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 339 establishments, 2,650 employees , annual payroll $88,698k (~56 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28428 (339 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (78) · also Construction · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Carolina Beach, NC

These ZIP codes sit in New Hanover County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carolina Beach. See the New Hanover County roll-up →

Carolina Beach lands mid-pack among the 4 cities sharing New Hanover County: Wrightsville Beach and Kure Beach earn more and Wilmington and Castle Hayne earn less. Wrightsville Beach marks the far end of that range at $172,500, 85% above Carolina Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28428 6,033 $93,241 339 453
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Carolina 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 Carolina Beach, .