Lake Junaluska, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake Junaluska, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 551. 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 LAKE-JUNALUSKA-NC · Lake Junaluska, NC 1 ZIPs · 551 pop · #2371/25278 · Haywood County

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

  • INC-TOP $117,824
  • RANK-TOP #2371/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Maggie Valley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 97% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 551
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $356,600

Nearest income peer: Maggie Valley, NC ( $48,767 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 Lake Junaluska

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lake Junaluska 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, Lake Junaluska, NC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 9%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
551
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$117,824
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 $117,824 and home value $356,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 80.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Montreat is the closest lower-income city and Morrisville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake Junaluska.

Population concentration

Lake Junaluska's single ZIP 28745 carries the town

Lake Junaluska is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28745 is the entire residential footprint (551 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 Lake Junaluska's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 288 employees , annual payroll $11,240k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28745 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Real estate and rental and leasing (3) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Lake Junaluska, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Haywood County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake Junaluska. See the Haywood County roll-up →

No other city sharing Haywood County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lake Junaluska. Waynesville, Canton and Clyde sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Waynesville marks the far end of that range at $60,570, 49% below Lake Junaluska.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28745 551 $117,824 14 341

Lake Junaluska 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 Lake Junaluska, .