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Cary, NC ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Cary, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $107,860 in 27511 to $165,586 in 27519, 1.5 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Cary's most populous ZIP code is 27519, with 69,836 people (ACS 2020-2024); 77% of its land is in the city of Cary.

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Where are Cary's ZIP codes?

27511: $108k median household income27513: $122k median household income27518: $124k median household income27519: $166k median household income2751927513275182751127511: $108k median household income27513: $122k median household income27518: $124k median household income27519: $166k median household income2751927513275182751127511: $108k median household income27513: $122k median household income27518: $124k median household income27519: $166k median household income27519275132751827511
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Cary, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Cary's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27519 ($165,586), the lowest in 27511 ($107,860). Home values run from $456,000 in 27511 to $670,900 in 27519.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Cary

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Cary, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27519 Wake County 69,836 3,133 $166k $671k
27513 Wake County 46,979 2,865 $122k $520k
27511 Wake County 33,221 2,831 $108k $456k
27518 Wake County 19,735 1,994 $124k $632k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Cary

1 ZIP code named Cary has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Cary, NC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
27512Wake County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Cary's ZIP codes reach?

Cary's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Wake County (4 ZIP codes mainly there), Chatham County (part of a ZIP code).

Which first three digits do Cary's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Cary starts with 275.

Three-digit prefixes of Cary's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Cary's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
275 Raleigh, NC (SCF 275) 5 80

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.