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Gastonia, NC ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Gastonia, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $49,643 in 28052 to $90,427 in 28056, 1.8 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Gastonia's most populous ZIP code is 28054, with 41,707 people (ACS 2020-2024); 82% of its land is in the city of Gastonia.

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Where are Gastonia's ZIP codes?

28052: $50k median household income28054: $61k median household income28056: $90k median household income28056280522805428052: $50k median household income28054: $61k median household income28056: $90k median household income28056280522805428052: $50k median household income28054: $61k median household income28056: $90k median household income280562805228054
The 3 residential ZIP codes named Gastonia, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Gastonia's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 28056 ($90,427), the lowest in 28052 ($49,643). Home values run from $187,500 in 28052 to $315,000 in 28056.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of Gastonia

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Gastonia, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
28054 Gaston County 41,707 2,157 $61k $245k
28052 Gaston County 36,272 876 $50k $188k
28056 Gaston County 36,200 750 $90k $315k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Gastonia

2 ZIP codes named Gastonia have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Gastonia, NC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
28053Gaston County
28055Gaston County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Gastonia's ZIP codes reach?

Gastonia's residential ZIP codes lie in Gaston County.

Which places do Gastonia's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Gastonia's residential ZIP codes cover Gastonia itself and 3 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Gastonia's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Gastonia starts with 280.

Three-digit prefixes of Gastonia's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Gastonia's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
280 Charlotte, NC (SCF 282) 5 59

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.