PlainZIP

Hays, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hays, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,901. 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 HAYS-NC · Hays, NC 1 ZIPs · 3,901 pop · #23091/25278 · Wilkes County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $44,901
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23091/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Purlear
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,901
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $145,900

Nearest income peer: Purlear, NC (+ $784 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 Hays

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

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,901
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$44,901
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 ($44,901 average) · poverty 14.0%. The primary code (28635) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Hays's single ZIP 28635 carries the town

Hays is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28635 is the entire residential footprint (3,901 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 Hays

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 107 employees , annual payroll $4,624k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28635 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) · also Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Hays, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Wilkes County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hays. See the Wilkes County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Wilkes County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hays, North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro and Millers Creek among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Millers Creek marks the far end of that range at $61,623, 37% above Hays.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28635 3,901 $44,901 25 36
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Hays 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 Hays, .