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Salisbury, NC ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name Salisbury, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $52,568 in 28144 to $69,279 in 28146, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Salisbury's most populous ZIP code is 28146, with 31,292 people (ACS 2020-2024); 0% of its land is in the city of Salisbury.

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Where are Salisbury's ZIP codes?

28144: $53k median household income28146: $69k median household income28147: $65k median household income28146281472814428144: $53k median household income28146: $69k median household income28147: $65k median household income28146281472814428144: $53k median household income28146: $69k median household income28147: $65k median household income281462814728144
The 3 residential ZIP codes named Salisbury, 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 Salisbury's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 28146 ($69,279), the lowest in 28144 ($52,568). Home values run from $226,700 in 28144 to $268,600 in 28147.

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

All 3 residential ZIP codes of Salisbury

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Salisbury, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
28146 Rowan County 31,292 322 $69k $248k
28144 Rowan County 27,977 930 $53k $227k
28147 Rowan County 25,812 333 $65k $269k

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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 Salisbury

1 ZIP code named Salisbury 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.

Salisbury, 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
28145Rowan County

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

Which counties do Salisbury's ZIP codes reach?

Salisbury's residential ZIP codes lie in Rowan County.

Which places do Salisbury's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Salisbury's residential ZIP codes cover Salisbury itself and 3 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 Salisbury'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 Salisbury starts with 281.

Three-digit prefixes of Salisbury'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 Salisbury's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
281 Charlotte, NC (SCF 282) 4 50

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