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High Shoals, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for High Shoals, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 482. 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 HIGH-SHOALS-NC · High Shoals, NC 1 ZIPs · 482 pop · #24750/25278 · Gaston County

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

  • INC-LOW $31,366
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24750/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Alexis
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 18% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 482
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $312,500

Nearest income peer: Alexis, NC (+ $20,566 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 High Shoals

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

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
482
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$31,366
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 ($31,366 average) · poverty 43.8%. The primary code (28077) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (17.8%) for this income tier, rent $845 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within North Carolina, Misenheimer is the closest lower-income city and Bayboro the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for High Shoals.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 28077, is all of High Shoals

There is no split to weigh here: 28077 holds every one of High Shoals's 482 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP High Shoals

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 37 employees , annual payroll $1,733k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28077 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in High Shoals, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Gaston County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in High Shoals. See the Gaston County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Gaston County reports a higher average ZIP median income than High Shoals, Gastonia, Belmont and Mount Holly among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Mc Adenville marks the far end of that range at $111,042, 254% above High Shoals.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28077 482 $31,366 7 318
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High Shoals 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 High Shoals, .