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Sparta, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sparta, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,621. 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 SPARTA-NC · Sparta, NC 1 ZIPs · 6,621 pop · #23160/25278 · Alleghany County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-LOW $44,560
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23160/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Glade Valley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,621
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $215,300

Nearest income peer: Glade Valley, NC (+ $1,914 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 Sparta

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sparta 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, Sparta, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

8th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,621
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$44,560
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 ($44,560 average) · poverty 16.1%. The primary code (28675) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sparta as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Jonesville is the closest lower-income city and Cooleemee the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sparta.

Population concentration

Sparta reads through its lone ZIP, 28675

6,621 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28675 is not the leading code inside Sparta, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Sparta's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 189 establishments, 1,929 employees , annual payroll $72,980k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28675 (189 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (32) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Sparta, NC

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

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Alleghany County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Sparta, Ennice, Laurel Springs and Glade Valley among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Piney Creek marks the far end of that range at $80,457, 81% above Sparta.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28675 6,621 $44,560 189 22
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Sparta 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 Sparta, .