PlainZIP

Fair Bluff, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fair Bluff, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,595. 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 FAIR-BLUFF-NC · Fair Bluff, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,595 pop · #24669/25278 · Columbus County

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

  • INC-LOW $32,361
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24669/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Nakina
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 58% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,595
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $112,700

Nearest income peer: Nakina, NC (+ $5,399 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 Fair Bluff

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

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,595
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$32,361
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 ($32,361 average) · poverty 31.4%. The primary code (28439) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (58.4%) for this income tier, rent $756 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within North Carolina, Shannon is the closest lower-income city and Simpson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fair Bluff.

Population concentration

Fair Bluff reads through its lone ZIP, 28439

1,595 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28439 is not the leading code inside Fair Bluff, 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 Fair Bluff

Citywide ZBP: 21 establishments, 214 employees , annual payroll $8,228k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28439 (21 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (4) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Fair Bluff, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Columbus County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fair Bluff. See the Columbus County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Columbus County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Fair Bluff, Whiteville, Tabor City and Chadbourn among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Clarendon marks the far end of that range at $90,815, 181% above Fair Bluff.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28439 1,595 $32,361 21 26
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Fair Bluff 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 Fair Bluff, .