PlainZIP

Harkers Island, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Harkers Island, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,207. 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 HARKERS-ISLAND-NC · Harkers Island, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,207 pop · #17879/25278 · Carteret County

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

  • INC-MID $60,000
  • RANK-LOWER #17879/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Gloucester
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,207
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $313,100

Nearest income peer: Gloucester, NC (+ $4,000 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 Harkers Island

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Harkers Island 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, Harkers Island, NC sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

29th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,207
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$60,000
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $60,000 and poverty 10.4% concentrate in 28531.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Casar is the closest lower-income city and Stoneville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Harkers Island.

Population concentration

Harkers Island reads through its lone ZIP, 28531

1,207 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28531 is not the leading code inside Harkers Island, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Harkers Island's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 139 employees , annual payroll $3,848k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28531 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (6) · also Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Harkers Island, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Carteret County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Harkers Island. See the Carteret County roll-up →

Harkers Island sits in the lower half of Carteret County on income: Newport, Morehead City and Beaufort report more, and only Atlantic reports less. Sealevel marks the far end of that range at $96,563, 61% above Harkers Island.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28531 1,207 $60,000 25 208
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Harkers Island 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 Harkers Island, .