PlainZIP

Purlear, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Purlear, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,571. 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 PURLEAR-NC · Purlear, NC 1 ZIPs · 2,571 pop · #22942/25278 · Wilkes County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $45,685
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22942/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Traphill
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,571
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $167,400

Nearest income peer: Traphill, NC (+ $721 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 Purlear

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Purlear 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, Purlear, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,571
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$45,685
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($45,685 average) · poverty 22.3%. The primary code (28665) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Purlear as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Cullowhee is the closest lower-income city and Aurora the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Purlear.

Population concentration

Purlear reads through its lone ZIP, 28665

2,571 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28665 is not the leading code inside Purlear, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Purlear

Citywide ZBP: 18 establishments, 160 employees , annual payroll $6,584k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28665 (18 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) · also Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Purlear, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Wilkes County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Purlear. See the Wilkes County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Wilkes County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Purlear, North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro and Millers Creek among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Millers Creek marks the far end of that range at $61,623, 35% above Purlear.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28665 2,571 $45,685 18 16
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Purlear 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 Purlear, .