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Whitakers, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Whitakers, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,227. 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 WHITAKERS-NC · Whitakers, NC 1 ZIPs · 5,227 pop · #14101/25278 · Nash County

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

  • INC-MID $67,942
  • RANK-MID #14101/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nashville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,227
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $146,600

Nearest income peer: Nashville, NC ( $1,432 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 Whitakers

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

44th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,227
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$67,942
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 $67,942 and poverty 14.7% concentrate in 27891.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Whitakers as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 27891, is all of Whitakers

There is no split to weigh here: 27891 holds every one of Whitakers's 5,227 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Whitakers

Citywide ZBP: 40 establishments, 3,108 employees , annual payroll $172,836k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27891 (40 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (8) · also Construction · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Whitakers, NC

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

Whitakers lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Nash County: Middlesex, Bailey and Battleboro earn more and Rocky Mount, Spring Hope and Castalia earn less. Castalia marks the far end of that range at $33,718, 50% below Whitakers.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27891 5,227 $67,942 40 14
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