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Salisbury, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Salisbury, NC: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 77,045. 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 SALISBURY-NC · Salisbury, NC 3 ZIPs · 77,045 pop · #16690/25278 · Rowan County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $62,302
  • RANK-LOWER #16690/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ China Grove
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-SMALL 77,045
  • SPREAD-MOD 28144→28146
  • HOME-MID $247,667

Nearest income peer: China Grove, NC ( $45 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 Salisbury

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Salisbury 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, Salisbury, NC sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

34th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
77,045
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$62,302
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (3): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $62,302 and poverty 19.5% concentrate in 28146.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Salisbury as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Clyde is the closest lower-income city and Kings Mountain the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Salisbury.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Salisbury differ

The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 11.4% in ZIP 28146 and 26.6% in 28144. 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
1.3×

28144 to 28146

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.2×

28144 to 28147

Poverty-rate spread
15.2 points

28146 to 28144

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

Salisbury residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Salisbury: the largest, 28146, is only about 36% of 77,045 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Salisbury

Citywide ZBP: 1,736 establishments, 34,370 employees , annual payroll $2,187,328k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28144 (793 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (268) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Salisbury, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Rowan County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Salisbury. See the Rowan County roll-up →

Salisbury sits in the lower half of Rowan County on income: Rockwell, Cleveland and Gold Hill report more, and only Landis reports less. Gold Hill marks the far end of that range at $93,354, 50% above Salisbury.

Side-by-side: Compare 28146 vs 28144 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28146 27,614 $69,279 437 107
28144 24,734 $52,568 793 319
28147 24,697 $65,060 506 122
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Salisbury 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 Salisbury, .