PlainZIP

Manteo, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Manteo, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,111. 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 MANTEO-NC · Manteo, NC 1 ZIPs · 6,111 pop · #9041/25278 · Dare County

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

  • INC-HIGH $80,587
  • RANK-UPPER #9041/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Kill Devil Hills
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,111
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $418,400

Nearest income peer: Kill Devil Hills, NC (+ $5,606 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 Manteo

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

Top 36%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,111
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$80,587
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 27954 (6,111 residents). Household income $80,587 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Manteo as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Piney Creek is the closest lower-income city and Mount Pleasant the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Manteo.

Population concentration

Manteo's single ZIP 27954 carries the town

Manteo is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27954 is the entire residential footprint (6,111 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 Manteo's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 244 establishments, 1,512 employees , annual payroll $65,046k (~40 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27954 (244 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (53) · also Construction · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Manteo, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Dare County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Manteo. See the Dare County roll-up →

Manteo lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Dare County: Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk and Nags Head earn more and Frisco, Manns Harbor and Avon earn less. Avon marks the far end of that range at $35,365, 56% below Manteo.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27954 6,111 $80,587 244 267
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Manteo 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 Manteo, .