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Conway, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Conway, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,088. 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 CONWAY-NC · Conway, NC 1 ZIPs · 3,088 pop · #21485/25278 · Northampton County

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

  • INC-MID $50,909
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21485/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Seaboard
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,088
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $130,500

Nearest income peer: Seaboard, NC (+ $131 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 Conway

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

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,088
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,909
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 ($50,909 average) · poverty 18.2%. The primary code (27820) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Conway as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Conway's single ZIP 27820 carries the town

Conway is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27820 is the entire residential footprint (3,088 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 Conway

Citywide ZBP: 32 establishments, 216 employees , annual payroll $9,546k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27820 (32 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (6) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Conway, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Northampton County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Conway. See the Northampton County roll-up →

Conway lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Northampton County: Gaston, Woodland and Henrico earn more and Garysburg, Jackson and Rich Square earn less. Henrico marks the far end of that range at $91,202, 79% above Conway.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27820 3,088 $50,909 32 21
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