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Rocky Point, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rocky Point, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,905. 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 ROCKY-POINT-NC · Rocky Point, NC 1 ZIPs · 9,905 pop · #9912/25278 · Pender County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $78,178
  • RANK-UPPER #9912/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Willard
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 85% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,905
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $245,900

Nearest income peer: Willard, NC ( $4,790 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 Rocky Point

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

Top 39%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,905
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,178
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 28457 (9,905 residents). Household income $78,178 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rocky Point as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Rocky Point's single ZIP 28457 carries the town

Rocky Point is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28457 is the entire residential footprint (9,905 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Rocky Point's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 159 establishments, 1,294 employees , annual payroll $62,347k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28457 (159 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (41) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Rocky Point, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Pender County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rocky Point. See the Pender County roll-up →

Rocky Point sits in the upper half of Pender County on income: Burgaw, Willard and Currie report less, while Hampstead reports more. Currie marks the far end of that range at $46,429, 41% below Rocky Point.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28457 9,905 $78,178 159 30
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Rocky 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 Rocky Point, .