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Pisgah Forest, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pisgah Forest, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,813. 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 PISGAH-FOREST-NC · Pisgah Forest, NC 1 ZIPs · 6,813 pop · #12657/25278 · Transylvania County

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

  • INC-MID $71,383
  • RANK-MID #12657/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Balsam Grove
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,813
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $341,400

Nearest income peer: Balsam Grove, NC ( $948 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 Pisgah Forest

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

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,813
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,383
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 28768 (6,813 residents). Household income $71,383 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Siloam is the closest lower-income city and Timberlake the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pisgah Forest.

Population concentration

Pisgah Forest reads through its lone ZIP, 28768

6,813 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28768 is not the leading code inside Pisgah Forest, 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 Pisgah Forest's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 168 establishments, 1,210 employees , annual payroll $44,159k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28768 (168 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (30) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Pisgah Forest, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Transylvania County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Pisgah Forest. See the Transylvania County roll-up →

Pisgah Forest lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Transylvania County: Rosman, Sapphire and Cedar Mountain earn more and Brevard, Lake Toxaway and Penrose earn less. Sapphire marks the far end of that range at $154,635, 117% above Pisgah Forest.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28768 6,813 $71,383 168 32
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Pisgah Forest 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 Pisgah Forest, .