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.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
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.
- Mill Spring · this city · lowest
Mill Spring · this city · lowest
$63,663 median HH income
- Columbus · near
Columbus · near
$67,760 median HH income
- Saluda · near
Saluda · near
$70,703 median HH income
- Tryon · highest
Tryon · highest
$72,946 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.
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 .
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, .