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Powells Point, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Powells Point, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,052. 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 POWELLS-POINT-NC · Powells Point, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,052 pop · #9793/25278 · Currituck County

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

  • INC-HIGH $78,507
  • RANK-UPPER #9793/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jarvisburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,052
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $347,600

Nearest income peer: Jarvisburg, NC ( $382 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 Powells Point

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

Top 39%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,052
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,507
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 27966 (1,052 residents). Household income $78,507 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Powells Point as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Powells Point reads through its lone ZIP, 27966

1,052 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27966 is not the leading code inside Powells Point, 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 Powells Point's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 70 establishments, 454 employees , annual payroll $24,654k (~67 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27966 (70 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (19) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Powells Point, NC

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

Powells Point lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Currituck County: Moyock, Knotts Island and Shawboro earn more and Grandy, Coinjock and Harbinger earn less. Currituck marks the far end of that range at $132,713, 69% above Powells Point.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27966 1,052 $78,507 70 40
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Powells Point 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 Powells Point, .