Roxboro, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Roxboro, NC: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 25,787. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ROXBORO-NC · Roxboro, NC 2 ZIPs · 25,787 pop · #19646/25278 · Person County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $55,971
- RANK-LOWER #19646/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Timberlake
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 71% owners
- POP-SMALL 25,787
- SPREAD-MOD 27573→27574
- HOME-LOW $184,650
Nearest income peer: Timberlake, NC (+ $15,513 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 Roxboro
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Roxboro on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Roxboro · this city · lowest
Roxboro · this city · lowest
$55,971 median HH income
- Timberlake · near
Timberlake · near
$71,484 median HH income
- Hurdle Mills · near
Hurdle Mills · near
$75,305 median HH income
- Semora · highest
Semora · highest
$79,931 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Roxboro, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 22nd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 25,787
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $55,971
- 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 2 ZIPs ($55,971 average) · poverty 20.9%. The primary code (27574) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Roxboro as a pure owner town.
Within North Carolina, Macclesfield is the closest lower-income city and Atlantic the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Roxboro.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Roxboro differ
The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 9.3% in ZIP 27574 and 32.5% in 27573. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 23.2 points
27573 to 27574
27573 to 27574
27574 to 27573
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 27574 skews compact Roxboro
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 27574 covers about 56% of Roxboro's 25,787 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Roxboro
Citywide ZBP: 559 establishments, 6,925 employees , annual payroll $301,452k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27573 (426 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (111) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Roxboro, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Person County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Roxboro. See the Person County roll-up →
Every one of the 3 cities sharing Person County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Roxboro, Timberlake, Hurdle Mills and Semora among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Semora marks the far end of that range at $79,931, 43% above Roxboro.
Side-by-side: Compare 27574 vs 27573 →
Roxboro 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 Roxboro, .