PlainZIP

Kelly, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kelly, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,243. 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 KELLY-NC · Kelly, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,243 pop · #20592/25278 · Bladen County

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

  • INC-MID $53,378
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20592/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Council
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,243
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $132,700

Nearest income peer: Council, NC ( $3,735 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 Kelly

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

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,243
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,378
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 ($53,378 average) · poverty 9.3%. The primary code (28448) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kelly as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Pendleton is the closest lower-income city and Sharpsburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kelly.

Population concentration

Kelly reads through its lone ZIP, 28448

1,243 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28448 is not the leading code inside Kelly, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Kelly

Citywide ZBP: 11 establishments, 39 employees , annual payroll $1,346k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28448 (11 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Kelly, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Bladen County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Kelly. See the Bladen County roll-up →

Kelly sits in the upper half of Bladen County on income: Elizabethtown, Clarkton and White Oak report less, while Bladenboro and Dublin report more. Dublin marks the far end of that range at $77,250, 45% above Kelly.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28448 1,243 $53,378 11 5
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