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Knightdale, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Knightdale, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 23,006. 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 KNIGHTDALE-NC · Knightdale, NC 1 ZIPs · 23,006 pop · #6022/25278 · Wake County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $91,527
  • RANK-UPPER #6022/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Raleigh
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-TOWN 23,006
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $346,900

Nearest income peer: Raleigh, NC (+ $4,925 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 Knightdale

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

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
23,006
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,527
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 $91,527 and home value $346,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 40.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Knightdale as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Knightdale's single ZIP 27545 carries the town

Knightdale is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27545 is the entire residential footprint (23,006 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Knightdale's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 653 establishments, 8,145 employees , annual payroll $367,595k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27545 (653 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (98) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Knightdale, NC

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

Knightdale sits in the lower half of Wake County on income: Raleigh, Cary and Apex report more, Garner, Zebulon and Wendell report less. Apex marks the far end of that range at $141,831, 55% above Knightdale.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27545 23,006 $91,527 653 306
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Knightdale 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 Knightdale, .