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Corolla, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Corolla, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 542. 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 COROLLA-NC · Corolla, NC 1 ZIPs · 542 pop · #2142/25278 · Currituck County

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

  • INC-TOP $120,568
  • RANK-TOP #2142/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Moyock
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 542
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $714,700

Nearest income peer: Moyock, NC ( $8,391 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 Corolla

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Corolla 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, Corolla, NC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
542
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$120,568
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 $120,568 and home value $714,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 64.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Morrisville is the closest lower-income city and Kitty Hawk the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Corolla.

Population concentration

Corolla reads through its lone ZIP, 27927

542 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27927 is not the leading code inside Corolla, 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 Corolla's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 176 establishments, 1,018 employees , annual payroll $55,912k (~325 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27927 (176 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (53) · also Retail trade · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Corolla, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Currituck County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Corolla. See the Currituck County roll-up →

Corolla sits in the upper half of Currituck County on income: Moyock, Grandy and Knotts Island report less, while Currituck reports more. Harbinger marks the far end of that range at $50,893, 58% below Corolla.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27927 542 $120,568 176 8
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Corolla 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 Corolla, .