PlainZIP

Hamilton, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hamilton, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 514. 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 HAMILTON-NC · Hamilton, NC 1 ZIPs · 514 pop · #24183/25278 · Martin County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $37,857
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24183/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Everetts
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 514
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $61,800

Nearest income peer: Everetts, NC (+ $5,893 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 Hamilton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hamilton 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, Hamilton, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
514
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,857
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($37,857 average) · poverty 24.8%. The primary code (27840) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Hamilton's single ZIP 27840 carries the town

Hamilton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27840 is the entire residential footprint (514 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Hamilton

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 286 employees , annual payroll $15,664k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27840 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Hamilton, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Martin County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hamilton. See the Martin County roll-up →

Hamilton sits in the lower half of Martin County on income: Williamston, Robersonville and Jamesville report more, Hassell and Parmele report less. Oak City marks the far end of that range at $61,389, 62% above Hamilton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27840 514 $37,857 7 16
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