PlainZIP

Harbinger, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Harbinger, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 536. 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 HARBINGER-NC · Harbinger, NC 1 ZIPs · 536 pop · #21492/25278 · Currituck County

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

  • INC-MID $50,893
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21492/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Grandy
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 536
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $381,500

Nearest income peer: Grandy, NC (+ $11,570 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 Harbinger

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Harbinger 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, Harbinger, 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.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
536
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,893
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 ($50,893 average) · poverty 11.2%. The primary code (27941) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Bryson City is the closest lower-income city and Conway the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Harbinger.

Population concentration

Harbinger's single ZIP 27941 carries the town

Harbinger is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27941 is the entire residential footprint (536 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Harbinger's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 38 establishments, 288 employees , annual payroll $12,400k (~71 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27941 (38 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (18) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Harbinger, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Currituck County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Harbinger. See the Currituck County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Currituck County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Harbinger, Moyock, Grandy and Knotts Island among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Currituck marks the far end of that range at $132,713, 161% above Harbinger.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27941 536 $50,893 38 66
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Harbinger 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 Harbinger, .