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Wake Forest, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wake Forest, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 53,078. 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 WAKE-FOREST-NC · Wake Forest, NC 1 ZIPs · 53,078 pop · #1408/25278 · Wake County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $133,743
  • RANK-TOP #1408/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rolesville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-SMALL 53,078
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $497,800

Nearest income peer: Rolesville, NC ( $2,604 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 Wake Forest

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wake Forest 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, Wake Forest, NC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
53,078
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$133,743
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $133,743 and home value $497,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 57.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wake Forest as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Currituck is the closest lower-income city and Falcon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wake Forest.

Population concentration

Wake Forest reads through its lone ZIP, 27587

53,078 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27587 is not the leading code inside Wake Forest, 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 Wake Forest's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,943 establishments, 20,587 employees , annual payroll $865,106k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27587 (1,943 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (318) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Wake Forest, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Wake County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wake Forest. See the Wake County roll-up →

Wake Forest sits in the upper half of Wake County on income: Raleigh, Cary and Garner report less, while Apex reports more. Zebulon marks the far end of that range at $84,625, 37% below Wake Forest.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27587 53,078 $133,743 1,943 196
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Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest, .