PlainZIP

Gloucester, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gloucester, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 644. 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 GLOUCESTER-NC · Gloucester, NC 1 ZIPs · 644 pop · #15883/25278 · Carteret County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $64,000
  • RANK-LOWER #15883/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smyrna
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 96% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 644
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $353,800

Nearest income peer: Smyrna, NC (+ $519 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 Gloucester

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

37th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
644
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$64,000
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 $64,000 and poverty 3.4% concentrate in 28528.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Lowland is the closest lower-income city and Pinetops the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gloucester.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 28528, is all of Gloucester

There is no split to weigh here: 28528 holds every one of Gloucester's 644 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Gloucester's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Gloucester. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Gloucester, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Carteret County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gloucester. See the Carteret County roll-up →

Gloucester sits in the lower half of Carteret County on income: Newport, Morehead City and Beaufort report more, Harkers Island and Atlantic report less. Sealevel marks the far end of that range at $96,563, 51% above Gloucester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28528 644 $64,000 n/a 86
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