Clarkton, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Clarkton, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,050. 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 CLARKTON-NC · Clarkton, NC 1 ZIPs · 5,050 pop · #24283/25278 · Bladen County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $36,944
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24283/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elizabethtown
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,050
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $163,600

Nearest income peer: Elizabethtown, NC ( $717 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 Clarkton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Clarkton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Clarkton, 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.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,050
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,944
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 ($36,944 average) · poverty 28.1%. The primary code (28433) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Clarkton as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Clarkton reads through its lone ZIP, 28433

5,050 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28433 is not the leading code inside Clarkton, 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 Clarkton

Citywide ZBP: 43 establishments, 517 employees , annual payroll $26,445k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28433 (43 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (9) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Clarkton, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Bladen County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Clarkton. See the Bladen County roll-up →

Clarkton sits in the lower half of Bladen County on income: Bladenboro, Council and Kelly report more, and only White Oak reports less. Dublin marks the far end of that range at $77,250, 109% above Clarkton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28433 5,050 $36,944 43 17

Clarkton 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 Clarkton, .