PlainZIP

Vale, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vale, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,230. 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 VALE-NC · Vale, NC 1 ZIPs · 10,230 pop · #17295/25278 · Lincoln County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $61,220
  • RANK-LOWER #17295/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lincolnton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,230
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $205,000

Nearest income peer: Lincolnton, NC ( $236 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 Vale

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Vale 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, Vale, NC sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

32nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,230
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,220
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 (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $61,220 and poverty 14.2% concentrate in 28168.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Vale as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Vale's single ZIP 28168 carries the town

Vale is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28168 is the entire residential footprint (10,230 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Vale

Citywide ZBP: 119 establishments, 621 employees , annual payroll $21,696k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28168 (119 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (25) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Vale, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Lincoln County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Vale. See the Lincoln County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Lincoln County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Vale, Denver, Iron Station and Crouse among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Denver marks the far end of that range at $111,703, 82% above Vale.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28168 10,230 $61,220 119 46
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Vale 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 Vale, .