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Pilot Mountain, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pilot Mountain, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,554. 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 PILOT-MOUNTAIN-NC · Pilot Mountain, NC 1 ZIPs · 7,554 pop · #9713/25278 · Surry County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $78,700
  • RANK-UPPER #9713/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ararat
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,554
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $232,000

Nearest income peer: Ararat, NC ( $1,537 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 Pilot Mountain

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Pilot Mountain 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, Pilot Mountain, NC sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 38%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,554
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,700
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 27041 (7,554 residents). Household income $78,700 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Pilot Mountain as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Weaverville is the closest lower-income city and Princeton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pilot Mountain.

Population concentration

Pilot Mountain's single ZIP 27041 carries the town

Pilot Mountain is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27041 is the entire residential footprint (7,554 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Pilot Mountain's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 182 establishments, 1,677 employees , annual payroll $70,773k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27041 (182 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (27) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Pilot Mountain, NC

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

No other city sharing Surry County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Pilot Mountain. Mount Airy, Elkin and Dobson sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Thurmond marks the far end of that range at $45,423, 42% below Pilot Mountain.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27041 7,554 $78,700 182 49
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Pilot Mountain 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 Pilot Mountain, .