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Hickory, NC ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Hickory, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $62,048 in 28602 to $67,817 in 28601 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Hickory's most populous ZIP code is 28601, with 53,329 people (ACS 2020-2024); 39% of its land is in the city of Hickory.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Hickory's ZIP codes?

28601: $68k median household income28602: $62k median household income286022860128601: $68k median household income28602: $62k median household income286022860128601: $68k median household income28602: $62k median household income2860228601
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Hickory, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Hickory's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 28601 ($67,817), the lowest in 28602 ($62,048). Home values run from $212,900 in 28602 to $261,600 in 28601.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Hickory

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Hickory, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
28601 Catawba County 53,329 1,133 $68k $262k
28602 Catawba County 31,113 440 $62k $213k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Hickory

1 ZIP code named Hickory has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Hickory, NC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
28603Catawba County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Hickory's ZIP codes reach?

Hickory's residential ZIP codes lie in 4 counties: Catawba County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Burke County (part of a ZIP code), Alexander County (part of a ZIP code), Caldwell County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Hickory's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Hickory's residential ZIP codes cover Hickory itself and 7 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Bethlehem census-designated 28601
  • Brookford 28602
  • Long View 28602
  • Mountain View census-designated 28602
  • Northlakes census-designated 28601
  • Rhodhiss 28601
  • St. Stephens census-designated 28601

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Hickory's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Hickory starts with 286.

Three-digit prefixes of Hickory's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Hickory's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
286 Charlotte, NC (SCF 282) 3 90

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.