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Greensboro, NC ZIP Codes

28 ZIP codes use the postal name Greensboro, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 11 residential and 17 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $47,431 in 27405 to $94,349 in 27455, 2.0 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Greensboro's most populous ZIP code is 27406, with 60,651 people (ACS 2020-2024); 22% of its land is in the city of Greensboro.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Greensboro's ZIP codes?

27401: $48k median household income27403: $58k median household income27405: $47k median household income27406: $60k median household income27407: $59k median household income27408: $84k median household income27409: $60k median household income27410: $85k median household income27411: – median household income27412: – median household income27455: $94k median household income27406274052740927410274072745527401274082740327401: $48k median household income27403: $58k median household income27405: $47k median household income27406: $60k median household income27407: $59k median household income27408: $84k median household income27409: $60k median household income27410: $85k median household income27411: – median household income27412: – median household income27455: $94k median household income27406274052740927410274072745527401274082740327401: $48k median household income27403: $58k median household income27405: $47k median household income27406: $60k median household income27407: $59k median household income27408: $84k median household income27409: $60k median household income27410: $85k median household income27411: – median household income27412: – median household income27455: $94k median household income2740627405274092740727455274012740827403
The 11 residential ZIP codes named Greensboro, 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 Greensboro's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27455 ($94,349), the lowest in 27405 ($47,431). Home values run from $156,500 in 27401 to $374,700 in 27408.

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

All 11 residential ZIP codes of Greensboro

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Greensboro, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27406 Guilford County 60,651 874 $60k $204k
27410 Guilford County 54,921 1,723 $85k $339k
27405 Guilford County 54,303 1,730 $47k $175k
27407 Guilford County 51,697 1,756 $59k $224k
27455 Guilford County 29,302 1,020 $94k $342k
27403 Guilford County 22,557 3,914 $58k $249k
27401 Guilford County 21,920 3,784 $48k $157k
27409 Guilford County 17,551 882 $60k $225k
27408 Guilford County 16,519 2,149 $84k $375k
27412 Guilford County 3,055 10,286 – –
27411 Guilford County 1,433 10,615 – –

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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 Greensboro

17 ZIP codes named Greensboro 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.

Greensboro, 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
27402Guilford County
27404Guilford County
27413Guilford County
27415Guilford County
27416Guilford County
27417Guilford County
27419Guilford County
27420Guilford County
27425Guilford County
27427Guilford County
27429Guilford County
27435Guilford County
27438Guilford County
27495Guilford County
27497Guilford County
27498Guilford County
27499Guilford County

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

Which counties do Greensboro's ZIP codes reach?

Greensboro's residential ZIP codes lie in Guilford County.

Which places do Greensboro's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Greensboro's residential ZIP codes cover Greensboro itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Forest Oaks census-designated 27406

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

Which first three digits do Greensboro'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 Greensboro starts with 274.

Three-digit prefixes of Greensboro'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 Greensboro's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
274 Greensboro, NC (SCF 270) 28 28

All 28 ZIP codes that start with 274 are Greensboro's: 11 residential codes and 17 PO Box or unique codes, sorted at Greensboro, NC (SCF 270).

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