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Spindale, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Spindale, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,929. 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 SPINDALE-NC · Spindale, NC 1 ZIPs · 3,929 pop · #23814/25278 · Rutherford County

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

  • INC-LOW $40,868
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23814/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Forest City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 47% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,929
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $164,000

Nearest income peer: Forest City, NC (+ $1,408 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 Spindale

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Spindale 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, Spindale, 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.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,929
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$40,868
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 ($40,868 average) · poverty 22.0%. The primary code (28160) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (46.9%) for this income tier, rent $735 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within North Carolina, Rose Hill is the closest lower-income city and Chadbourn the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Spindale.

Population concentration

Spindale reads through its lone ZIP, 28160

3,929 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28160 is not the leading code inside Spindale, 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 Spindale's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 124 establishments, 1,866 employees , annual payroll $74,156k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28160 (124 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (22) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Spindale, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Rutherford County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Spindale. See the Rutherford County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Rutherford County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Spindale, Forest City, Rutherfordton and Ellenboro among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Lake Lure marks the far end of that range at $70,469, 72% above Spindale.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28160 3,929 $40,868 124 270
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Spindale 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 Spindale, .