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Gold Hill, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gold Hill, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,802. 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 GOLD-HILL-NC · Gold Hill, NC 1 ZIPs · 2,802 pop · #5632/25278 · Rowan County

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

  • INC-HIGH $93,354
  • RANK-UPPER #5632/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Granite Quarry
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,802
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $283,100

Nearest income peer: Granite Quarry, NC ( $229 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 Gold Hill

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gold Hill 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, Gold Hill, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,802
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,354
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,354 and home value $283,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 19.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Gold Hill's single ZIP 28071 carries the town

Gold Hill is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28071 is the entire residential footprint (2,802 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Gold Hill's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 43 establishments, 472 employees , annual payroll $27,018k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28071 (43 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (8) · also Transportation and warehousing · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Gold Hill, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Rowan County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gold Hill. See the Rowan County roll-up →

No other city sharing Rowan County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gold Hill. Salisbury, China Grove and Rockwell sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Landis marks the far end of that range at $59,872, 36% below Gold Hill.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28071 2,802 $93,354 43 24
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Gold Hill 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 Gold Hill, .