Scranton, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Scranton, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 517. 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 SCRANTON-NC · Scranton, NC 1 ZIPs · 517 pop · #25134/25278 · Hyde County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $21,991
- RANK-BOTTOM #25134/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Engelhard
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 82% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 517
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $103,700
Nearest income peer: Engelhard, NC (+ $20,598 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 Scranton
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Scranton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Scranton · this city · lowest $21,991
Scranton · this city · lowest
$21,991 median HH income
- Engelhard · near
Engelhard · near
$42,589 median HH income
- Swanquarter · near
Swanquarter · near
$59,784 median HH income
- Ocracoke · highest
Ocracoke · highest
$77,583 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, Scranton, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 1st pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 517
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $21,991
- 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 1 ZIP ($21,991 average) · poverty 26.4%. The primary code (27875) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Scranton as a pure owner town.
Within North Carolina, Hassell is the closest lower-income city and Saratoga the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Scranton.
Population concentration
One ZIP, 27875, is all of Scranton
There is no split to weigh here: 27875 holds every one of Scranton's 517 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.
Census ZBP business roll-up
No ZBP establishments filed for Scranton's ZIPs
Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Scranton. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.
ZIP Codes in Scranton, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Hyde County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Scranton. See the Hyde County roll-up →
Every one of the 3 cities sharing Hyde County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Scranton, Engelhard, Swanquarter and Ocracoke among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Ocracoke marks the far end of that range at $77,583, 253% above Scranton.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27875 | 517 | $21,991 | n/a | 4 |
Scranton 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 Scranton, .