PlainZIP

Poplar Branch, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Poplar Branch, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 527. 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 POPLAR-BRANCH-NC · Poplar Branch, NC 1 ZIPs · 527 pop · #16101/25278 · Currituck County

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

  • INC-MID $63,542
  • RANK-LOWER #16101/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grandy
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 527
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $334,000

Nearest income peer: Grandy, NC ( $1,079 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 Poplar Branch

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Poplar Branch 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, Poplar Branch, NC sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

36th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
527
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,542
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $63,542 and poverty 18.2% concentrate in 27965.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within North Carolina, Troy is the closest lower-income city and King the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Poplar Branch.

Population concentration

Poplar Branch reads through its lone ZIP, 27965

527 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27965 is not the leading code inside Poplar Branch, 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 Poplar Branch's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 11 establishments, 34 employees , annual payroll $1,915k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27965 (11 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Poplar Branch, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Currituck County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Poplar Branch. See the Currituck County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Currituck County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Poplar Branch, Moyock, Knotts Island and Shawboro among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Currituck marks the far end of that range at $132,713, 109% above Poplar Branch.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27965 527 $63,542 11 13
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Poplar Branch 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 Poplar Branch, .