PlainZIP

Walnut Cove, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Walnut Cove, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,624. 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 WALNUT-COVE-NC · Walnut Cove, NC 1 ZIPs · 10,624 pop · #18317/25278 · Stokes County

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

  • INC-MID $59,024
  • RANK-LOWER #18317/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Germanton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,624
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $186,700

Nearest income peer: Germanton, NC (+ $152 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 Walnut Cove

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

28th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,624
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,024
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 $59,024 and poverty 12.5% concentrate in 27052.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Walnut Cove as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Walnut Cove reads through its lone ZIP, 27052

10,624 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27052 is not the leading code inside Walnut Cove, 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 Walnut Cove

Citywide ZBP: 147 establishments, 1,183 employees , annual payroll $36,636k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27052 (147 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (28) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Walnut Cove, NC

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

Walnut Cove lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Stokes County: King, Pinnacle and Westfield earn more and Danbury, Lawsonville and Pine Hall earn less. Pinnacle marks the far end of that range at $74,783, 27% above Walnut Cove.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27052 10,624 $59,024 147 39
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Walnut Cove 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 Walnut Cove, .