Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ocean Isle Beach, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,839. 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 OCEAN-ISLE-BEACH-NC · Ocean Isle Beach, NC 1 ZIPs · 5,839 pop · #6259/25278 · Brunswick County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $90,684
- RANK-UPPER #6259/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Oak Island
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 87% owners
- POP-TOWN 5,839
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-HIGH $463,200
Nearest income peer: Oak Island, NC ( $4,490 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 Ocean Isle Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ocean Isle Beach on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Riegelwood · lowest
Riegelwood · lowest
$49,670 median HH income
- Leland · near
Leland · near
$81,481 median HH income
- Southport · near
Southport · near
$82,692 median HH income
- Sunset Beach · near
Sunset Beach · near
$83,358 median HH income
- Oak Island · near
Oak Island · near
$86,194 median HH income
- Ocean Isle Bea · this city · highest
Ocean Isle Bea · this city · highest
$90,684 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, Ocean Isle Beach, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 25%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 5,839
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $90,684
- 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 $90,684 and home value $463,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 43.0%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within North Carolina, Hampstead is the closest lower-income city and Rougemont the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ocean Isle Beach.
Population concentration
Ocean Isle Beach reads through its lone ZIP, 28469
5,839 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28469 is not the leading code inside Ocean Isle Beach, 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
Dense ZBP book packed into Ocean Isle Beach's one ZIP
Citywide ZBP: 260 establishments, 2,470 employees , annual payroll $91,071k (~45 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28469 (260 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (50) · also Construction · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Ocean Isle Beach, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Brunswick County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ocean Isle Beach. See the Brunswick County roll-up →
No other city sharing Brunswick County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Ocean Isle Beach. Leland, Southport and Supply sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Riegelwood marks the far end of that range at $49,670, 45% below Ocean Isle Beach.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28469 | 5,839 | $90,684 | 260 | 101 |
Ocean Isle Beach 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 Ocean Isle Beach, .