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Cornelius, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cornelius, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 24,390. 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 CORNELIUS-NC · Cornelius, NC 1 ZIPs · 24,390 pop · #2739/25278 · Mecklenburg County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $113,368
  • RANK-TOP #2739/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Matthews
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 24,390
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $547,400

Nearest income peer: Matthews, NC ( $5,178 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 Cornelius

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

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
24,390
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$113,368
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 $113,368 and home value $547,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 62.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cornelius as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Cornelius's single ZIP 28031 carries the town

Cornelius is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28031 is the entire residential footprint (24,390 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Cornelius's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,373 establishments, 12,432 employees , annual payroll $641,801k (~56 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28031 (1,373 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (241) · also Real estate and rental and leasing · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Cornelius, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Mecklenburg County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cornelius. See the Mecklenburg County roll-up →

Cornelius lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Mecklenburg County: Huntersville and Davidson earn more and Charlotte, Matthews and Pineville earn less. Davidson marks the far end of that range at $156,496, 38% above Cornelius.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28031 24,390 $113,368 1,373 672
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Cornelius 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 Cornelius, .