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Mount Airy, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mount Airy, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 38,374. 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 MOUNT-AIRY-NC · Mount Airy, NC 1 ZIPs · 38,374 pop · #22781/25278 · Surry County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $46,377
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22781/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thurmond
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-SMALL 38,374
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $165,400

Nearest income peer: Thurmond, NC ( $954 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 Mount Airy

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mount Airy 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, Mount Airy, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

10th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
38,374
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$46,377
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 ($46,377 average) · poverty 19.1%. The primary code (27030) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Mount Airy as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Mount Airy reads through its lone ZIP, 27030

38,374 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27030 is not the leading code inside Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 905 establishments, 22,472 employees , annual payroll $1,378,831k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27030 (905 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (182) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Mount Airy, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Surry County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mount Airy. See the Surry County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Surry County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Mount Airy, Elkin, Dobson and Pilot Mountain among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Pilot Mountain marks the far end of that range at $78,700, 70% above Mount Airy.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27030 38,374 $46,377 905 87
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Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy, .