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Thurmond, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thurmond, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,697. 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 THURMOND-NC · Thurmond, NC 1 ZIPs · 1,697 pop · #23000/25278 · Surry County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $45,423
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23000/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Airy
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,697
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $176,600

Nearest income peer: Mount Airy, NC (+ $954 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 Thurmond

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

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,697
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$45,423
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 ($45,423 average) · poverty 20.9%. The primary code (28683) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thurmond as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Tabor City is the closest lower-income city and Cove City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thurmond.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 28683, is all of Thurmond

There is no split to weigh here: 28683 holds every one of Thurmond's 1,697 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Thurmond

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 41 employees , annual payroll $902k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28683 (8 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Thurmond, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Surry County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Thurmond. See the Surry County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Surry County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Thurmond, Elkin, Dobson and Pilot Mountain among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Pilot Mountain marks the far end of that range at $78,700, 73% above Thurmond.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28683 1,697 $45,423 8 20
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