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Vanceboro, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vanceboro, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,218. 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 VANCEBORO-NC · Vanceboro, NC 1 ZIPs · 8,218 pop · #19171/25278 · Craven County

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

  • INC-MID $57,041
  • RANK-LOWER #19171/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Havelock
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,218
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $112,300

Nearest income peer: Havelock, NC (+ $3,564 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 Vanceboro

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

24th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,218
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,041
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 ($57,041 average) · poverty 18.5%. The primary code (28586) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Vanceboro as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Vanceboro reads through its lone ZIP, 28586

8,218 ACS residents, one ZIP: 28586 is not the leading code inside Vanceboro, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Vanceboro

Citywide ZBP: 110 establishments, 894 employees , annual payroll $32,827k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28586 (110 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (18) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Vanceboro, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Craven County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Vanceboro. See the Craven County roll-up →

Vanceboro lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Craven County: New Bern, Havelock and Ernul earn more and Grifton, Dover and Cove City earn less. Grifton marks the far end of that range at $37,361, 35% below Vanceboro.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28586 8,218 $57,041 110 24
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Vanceboro 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 Vanceboro, .