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Vilas, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vilas, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,067. 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 VILAS-NC · Vilas, NC 1 ZIPs · 4,067 pop · #23447/25278 · Watauga County

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

  • INC-LOW $43,103
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23447/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Boone
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,067
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $324,900

Nearest income peer: Boone, NC (+ $3,536 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 Vilas

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

7th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,067
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$43,103
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 ($43,103 average) · poverty 13.0%. The primary code (28692) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Vilas as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Vilas's single ZIP 28692 carries the town

Vilas is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 28692 is the entire residential footprint (4,067 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Vilas's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 77 establishments, 304 employees , annual payroll $11,440k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 28692 (77 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (26) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Vilas, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Watauga County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Vilas. See the Watauga County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Watauga County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Vilas, Boone, Banner Elk and Blowing Rock among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Banner Elk marks the far end of that range at $76,319, 77% above Vilas.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
28692 4,067 $43,103 77 41
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Vilas 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 Vilas, .