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Gatesville, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gatesville, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,505. 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 GATESVILLE-NC · Gatesville, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,505 pop · #15325/25278 · Gates County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $65,217
  • RANK-LOWER #15325/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Sunbury
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,505
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $151,200

Nearest income peer: Sunbury, NC ( $2,047 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 Gatesville

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

39th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,505
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$65,217
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $65,217 and poverty 11.0% concentrate in 27938.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gatesville as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Grantsboro is the closest lower-income city and Sugar Grove the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gatesville.

Population concentration

Gatesville's single ZIP 27938 carries the town

Gatesville is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27938 is the entire residential footprint (1,505 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 Gatesville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 39 establishments, 505 employees , annual payroll $27,321k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27938 (39 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (5) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Gatesville, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Gates County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gatesville. See the Gates County roll-up →

Gatesville lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Gates County: Gates, Eure and Hobbsville earn more and Corapeake and Sunbury earn less. Eure marks the far end of that range at $82,115, 26% above Gatesville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27938 1,505 $65,217 39 11
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