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Jacksonville, NC ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Jacksonville, 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 $63,561 in 28546 to $65,625 in 28540 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Jacksonville's most populous ZIP code is 28540, with 49,141 people (ACS 2020-2024); 14% of its land is in the city of Jacksonville.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Jacksonville's ZIP codes?

28540: $66k median household income28546: $64k median household income285462854028540: $66k median household income28546: $64k median household income285462854028540: $66k median household income28546: $64k median household income2854628540
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 28540 ($65,625), the lowest in 28546 ($63,561). Home values run from $223,800 in 28540 to $226,100 in 28546.

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

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Jacksonville

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Jacksonville, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
28540 Onslow County 49,141 445 $66k $224k
28546 Onslow County 47,256 455 $64k $226k

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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 Jacksonville

1 ZIP code named Jacksonville 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.

Jacksonville, 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
28541Onslow County

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

Which counties do Jacksonville's ZIP codes reach?

Jacksonville's residential ZIP codes lie in Onslow County.

Which places do Jacksonville's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Jacksonville's residential ZIP codes cover Jacksonville itself and 3 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Half Moon census-designated 28546
  • Piney Green census-designated 28546
  • Pumpkin Center census-designated 28546

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

Which first three digits do Jacksonville'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 Jacksonville starts with 285.

Three-digit prefixes of Jacksonville'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 Jacksonville's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
285 Fayetteville, NC (SCF 283) 3 71

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