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Kure Beach, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kure Beach, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,692. 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 KURE-BEACH-NC · Kure Beach, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,692 pop · #3384/25278 · New Hanover County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-HIGH $107,563
  • RANK-TOP #3384/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Carolina Beach
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,692
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $759,700

Nearest income peer: Carolina Beach, NC ( $14,322 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 Kure Beach

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

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,692
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$107,563
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 $107,563 and home value $759,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 53.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kure Beach as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Hillsborough is the closest lower-income city and Mills River the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kure Beach.

Population concentration

Kure Beach reads through its lone ZIP, 28449

1,692 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28449 is not the leading code inside Kure Beach, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Kure Beach's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 58 establishments, 302 employees , annual payroll $13,272k (~34 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28449 (58 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (17) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Kure Beach, NC

These ZIP codes sit in New Hanover County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Kure Beach. See the New Hanover County roll-up →

Kure Beach sits in the upper half of New Hanover County on income: Wilmington, Castle Hayne and Carolina Beach report less, while Wrightsville Beach reports more. Wrightsville Beach marks the far end of that range at $172,500, 60% above Kure Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28449 1,692 $107,563 58 164
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Kure Beach 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 Kure Beach, .