Mills River, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mills River, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,922. 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 MILLS-RIVER-NC · Mills River, NC 1 ZIPs · 6,922 pop · #3379/25278 · Henderson County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $107,609
- RANK-TOP #3379/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Horse Shoe
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 86% owners
- POP-TOWN 6,922
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-HIGH $444,300
Nearest income peer: Horse Shoe, NC ( $8,602 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 Mills River
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mills River on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- East Flat Rock · lowest
East Flat Rock · lowest
$54,152 median HH income
- Fletcher · near
Fletcher · near
$81,852 median HH income
- Etowah · near
Etowah · near
$84,413 median HH income
- Zirconia · near
Zirconia · near
$97,042 median HH income
- Horse Shoe · near
Horse Shoe · near
$99,007 median HH income
- Mills River · this city · highest
Mills River · this city · highest
$107,609 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, Mills River, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 13%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 6,922
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $107,609
- 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 $107,609 and home value $444,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 44.2%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within North Carolina, Kure Beach is the closest lower-income city and Lewisville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mills River.
Population concentration
One ZIP, 28759, is all of Mills River
There is no split to weigh here: 28759 holds every one of Mills River's 6,922 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Dense ZBP book packed into Mills River's one ZIP
Citywide ZBP: 220 establishments, 3,384 employees , annual payroll $171,414k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28759 (220 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (43) · also Other services (except public administration) · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .
ZIP Codes in Mills River, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Henderson County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mills River. See the Henderson County roll-up →
No other city sharing Henderson County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Mills River. Hendersonville, Fletcher and Flat Rock sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. East Flat Rock marks the far end of that range at $54,152, 50% below Mills River.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28759 | 6,922 | $107,609 | 220 | 115 |
Mills River 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 Mills River, .