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Holly Springs, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Holly Springs, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 29,363. 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 HOLLY-SPRINGS-NC · Holly Springs, NC 1 ZIPs · 29,363 pop · #1624/25278 · Wake County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $128,989
  • RANK-TOP #1624/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cary
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-SMALL 29,363
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $522,500

Nearest income peer: Cary, NC (+ $742 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 Holly Springs

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Holly Springs 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, Holly Springs, NC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
29,363
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$128,989
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $128,989 and home value $522,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 64.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Holly Springs as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Matthews is the closest lower-income city and Terrell the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Holly Springs.

Population concentration

Holly Springs reads through its lone ZIP, 27540

29,363 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27540 is not the leading code inside Holly Springs, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Holly Springs's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,016 establishments, 11,754 employees , annual payroll $564,696k (~35 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27540 (1,016 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (167) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Holly Springs, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Wake County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Holly Springs. See the Wake County roll-up →

Holly Springs sits in the upper half of Wake County on income: Raleigh, Garner and Fuquay Varina report less, while Apex and Wake Forest report more. Garner marks the far end of that range at $85,716, 34% below Holly Springs.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27540 29,363 $128,989 1,016 244
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Holly Springs 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 Holly Springs, .