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Hampstead, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hampstead, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 17,512. 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 HAMPSTEAD-NC · Hampstead, NC 1 ZIPs · 17,512 pop · #6306/25278 · Pender County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $90,477
  • RANK-UPPER #6306/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Rocky Point
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 17,512
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $391,900

Nearest income peer: Rocky Point, NC ( $12,299 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 Hampstead

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

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
17,512
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,477
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 $90,477 and home value $391,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 39.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hampstead as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Hampstead reads through its lone ZIP, 28443

17,512 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28443 is not the leading code inside Hampstead, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Hampstead's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 730 establishments, 4,865 employees , annual payroll $182,793k (~42 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28443 (730 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (154) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Hampstead, NC

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

No other city sharing Pender County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hampstead. Burgaw, Rocky Point and Willard sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Currie marks the far end of that range at $46,429, 49% below Hampstead.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28443 17,512 $90,477 730 59
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Hampstead 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 Hampstead, .