PlainZIP

Dudley, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Dudley, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,830. 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 DUDLEY-NC · Dudley, NC 1 ZIPs · 11,830 pop · #21716/25278 · Wayne County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,188
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21716/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Mount Olive
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,830
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $97,100

Nearest income peer: Mount Olive, NC (+ $1,986 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 Dudley

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

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,830
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,188
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 ($50,188 average) · poverty 26.7%. The primary code (28333) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Dudley as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Laurel Hill is the closest lower-income city and Morven the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Dudley.

Population concentration

Dudley reads through its lone ZIP, 28333

11,830 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28333 is not the leading code inside Dudley, 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 Dudley

Citywide ZBP: 73 establishments, 1,801 employees , annual payroll $101,689k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28333 (73 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (14) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Dudley, NC

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

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Wayne County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Dudley, Goldsboro, Mount Olive and Pikeville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Pikeville marks the far end of that range at $77,933, 55% above Dudley.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28333 11,830 $50,188 73 97
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Dudley 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 Dudley, .