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Merry Hill, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Merry Hill, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,356. 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 MERRY-HILL-NC · Merry Hill, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,356 pop · #24295/25278 · Bertie County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $36,875
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24295/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Roxobel
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,356
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $140,100

Nearest income peer: Roxobel, NC (+ $2,292 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 Merry Hill

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Merry Hill 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, Merry Hill, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,356
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,875
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 1 ZIP ($36,875 average) · poverty 17.4%. The primary code (27957) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Merry Hill as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Pembroke is the closest lower-income city and Clarkton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Merry Hill.

Population concentration

Merry Hill reads through its lone ZIP, 27957

1,356 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27957 is not the leading code inside Merry Hill, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Merry Hill's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 26 establishments, 340 employees , annual payroll $16,892k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27957 (26 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (6) · also Retail trade · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Merry Hill, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Bertie County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Merry Hill. See the Bertie County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Bertie County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Merry Hill, Windsor, Colerain and Lewiston Woodville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Colerain marks the far end of that range at $72,469, 97% above Merry Hill.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27957 1,356 $36,875 26 12
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Merry Hill 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 Merry Hill, .