PlainZIP

Horse Shoe, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Horse Shoe, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,710. 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 HORSE-SHOE-NC · Horse Shoe, NC 1 ZIPs · 2,710 pop · #4598/25278 · Henderson County

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

  • INC-HIGH $99,007
  • RANK-TOP #4598/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Zirconia
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,710
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $414,600

Nearest income peer: Zirconia, NC ( $1,965 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 Horse Shoe

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Horse Shoe 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, Horse Shoe, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,710
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$99,007
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 $99,007 and home value $414,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Horse Shoe as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Zirconia is the closest lower-income city and Sherrills Ford the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Horse Shoe.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 28742, is all of Horse Shoe

There is no split to weigh here: 28742 holds every one of Horse Shoe's 2,710 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Horse Shoe's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 67 establishments, 510 employees , annual payroll $23,846k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28742 (67 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (15) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Horse Shoe, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Henderson County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Horse Shoe. See the Henderson County roll-up →

Horse Shoe sits in the upper half of Henderson County on income: Hendersonville, Fletcher and Flat Rock report less, while Mills River reports more. East Flat Rock marks the far end of that range at $54,152, 45% below Horse Shoe.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28742 2,710 $99,007 67 43
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Horse Shoe 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 Horse Shoe, .