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Rocky Mount, NC ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $44,884 in 27801 to $61,359 in 27804, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Rocky Mount's most populous ZIP code is 27804, with 30,713 people (ACS 2020-2024); 51% of its land is in the city of Rocky Mount.

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Where are Rocky Mount's ZIP codes?

27801: $45k median household income27803: $60k median household income27804: $61k median household income27815: – median household income2780127803278042781527801: $45k median household income27803: $60k median household income27804: $61k median household income27815: – median household income2780127803278042781527801: $45k median household income27803: $60k median household income27804: $61k median household income27815: – median household income278012780327804
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Rocky Mount, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Rocky Mount's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27804 ($61,359), the lowest in 27801 ($44,884). Home values run from $115,400 in 27801 to $209,300 in 27804.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Rocky Mount

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Rocky Mount, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27804 Nash County 30,713 714 $61k $209k
27803 Nash County 20,055 478 $60k $175k
27801 Edgecombe County 19,532 293 $45k $115k
27815 Edgecombe County no residents 0 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Rocky Mount

1 ZIP code named Rocky Mount has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Rocky Mount, NC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
27802Edgecombe County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Rocky Mount's ZIP codes reach?

Rocky Mount's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Edgecombe County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Nash County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Wilson County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Rocky Mount's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Rocky Mount's residential ZIP codes cover Rocky Mount itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Rocky Mount's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Rocky Mount starts with 278.

Three-digit prefixes of Rocky Mount's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Rocky Mount's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
278 Rocky Mount, NC (SCF 278) 5 93

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.