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High Point, NC ZIP Codes

7 ZIP codes use the postal name High Point, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 5 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $42,308 in 27260 to $73,981 in 27265, 1.7 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). High Point's most populous ZIP code is 27265, with 48,798 people (ACS 2020-2024); 52% of its land is in the city of High Point.

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Where are High Point's ZIP codes?

27260: $42k median household income27262: $65k median household income27263: $56k median household income27265: $74k median household income27268: – median household income2726527263272602726227260: $42k median household income27262: $65k median household income27263: $56k median household income27265: $74k median household income27268: – median household income2726527263272602726227260: $42k median household income27262: $65k median household income27263: $56k median household income27265: $74k median household income27268: – median household income27265272632726027262
The 5 residential ZIP codes named High Point, 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 High Point's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27265 ($73,981), the lowest in 27260 ($42,308). Home values run from $128,100 in 27260 to $266,700 in 27265.

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

All 5 residential ZIP codes of High Point

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name High Point, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27265 Guilford County 48,798 1,176 $74k $267k
27262 Guilford County 28,353 2,150 $65k $237k
27260 Guilford County 25,299 2,044 $42k $128k
27263 Randolph County 21,446 549 $56k $190k
27268 Guilford County 1,611 15,641 – –

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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 High Point

2 ZIP codes named High Point have 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.

High Point, 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
27261Guilford County
27264Guilford County

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

Which counties do High Point's ZIP codes reach?

High Point's residential ZIP codes lie in 4 counties: Guilford County (4 ZIP codes mainly there), Randolph County (1 ZIP code mainly there), Davidson County (part of a ZIP code), Forsyth County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do High Point's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, High Point's residential ZIP codes cover High Point itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

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

Which first three digits do High Point'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 High Point starts with 272.

Three-digit prefixes of High Point'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 High Point's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
272 Greensboro, NC (SCF 270) 7 55

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