Kinston, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kinston, NC: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 42,031. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet KINSTON-NC · Kinston, NC 2 ZIPs · 42,031 pop · #23199/25278 · Lenoir County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $44,351
- RANK-BOTTOM #23199/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Deep Run
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 56% owners
- POP-SMALL 42,031
- SPREAD-MOD 28501→28504
- HOME-LOW $111,150
Nearest income peer: Deep Run, NC (+ $14,840 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 Kinston
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kinston on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Kinston · this city · lowest
Kinston · this city · lowest
$44,351 median HH income
- Deep Run · highest
Deep Run · highest
$59,191 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Kinston, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 8th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 42,031
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $44,351
- 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 2 ZIPs ($44,351 average) · poverty 23.7%. The primary code (28504) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.0%) for this income tier, rent $870 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within North Carolina, Harrells is the closest lower-income city and Windsor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kinston.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Kinston differ
Kinston's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $35,118 in ZIP 28501 to $53,583 in ZIP 28504, while home values span $79,000 in 28501 to $143,300 in 28504. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 11.4 points
28501 to 28504
28501 to 28504
28504 to 28501
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 28504 skews compact Kinston
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 28504 covers about 51% of Kinston's 42,031 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Kinston
Citywide ZBP: 951 establishments, 21,019 employees , annual payroll $969,508k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28501 (497 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (172) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .
ZIP Codes in Kinston, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Lenoir County, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Kinston. See the Lenoir County roll-up →
Side-by-side: Compare 28504 vs 28501 →
Kinston 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 Kinston, .