Mill Spring, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mill Spring, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,504. 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 MILL-SPRING-NC · Mill Spring, NC 1 ZIPs · 4,504 pop · #16043/25278 · Polk County

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

  • INC-MID $63,663
  • RANK-LOWER #16043/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Columbus
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,504
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $277,600

Nearest income peer: Columbus, NC (+ $4,097 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 Mill Spring

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mill Spring 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, Mill Spring, NC sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

37th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,504
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,663
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $63,663 and poverty 18.1% concentrate in 28756.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Mill Spring as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Denton is the closest lower-income city and Elm City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mill Spring.

Population concentration

Mill Spring reads through its lone ZIP, 28756

4,504 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28756 is not the leading code inside Mill Spring, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Mill Spring

Citywide ZBP: 66 establishments, 493 employees , annual payroll $21,354k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28756 (66 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (15) · also Other services (except public administration) · Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .

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ZIP Codes in Mill Spring, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Polk County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mill Spring. See the Polk County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Polk County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Mill Spring, Tryon, Columbus and Saluda among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Tryon marks the far end of that range at $72,946, 15% above Mill Spring.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28756 4,504 $63,663 66 19

Mill Spring 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 Mill Spring, .