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Wilmington, NC ZIP Codes

12 ZIP codes use the postal name Wilmington, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 6 residential and 6 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $54,547 in 28403 to $111,048 in 28409, 2.0 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Wilmington's most populous ZIP code is 28412, with 44,166 people (ACS 2020-2024); 46% of its land is in the city of Wilmington.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Wilmington's ZIP codes?

28401: $58k median household income28403: $55k median household income28405: $70k median household income28409: $111k median household income28411: $97k median household income28412: $72k median household income28401284112840528409284122840328401: $58k median household income28403: $55k median household income28405: $70k median household income28409: $111k median household income28411: $97k median household income28412: $72k median household income28401284112840528409284122840328401: $58k median household income28403: $55k median household income28405: $70k median household income28409: $111k median household income28411: $97k median household income28412: $72k median household income284012841128405284092841228403
The 6 residential ZIP codes named Wilmington, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Wilmington's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 28409 ($111,048), the lowest in 28403 ($54,547). Home values run from $298,500 in 28401 to $422,600 in 28409.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 6 residential ZIP codes of Wilmington

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Wilmington, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
28412 New Hanover County 44,166 1,984 $72k $372k
28403 New Hanover County 40,319 2,874 $55k $387k
28411 New Hanover County 37,233 903 $97k $396k
28409 New Hanover County 36,163 1,614 $111k $423k
28405 New Hanover County 35,467 1,506 $70k $369k
28401 New Hanover County 22,007 710 $58k $299k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Wilmington

6 ZIP codes named Wilmington have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Wilmington, NC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
28402New Hanover County
28404Brunswick County
28406New Hanover County
28407New Hanover County
28408New Hanover County
28410New Hanover County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Wilmington's ZIP codes reach?

Wilmington's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: New Hanover County (6 ZIP codes mainly there), Pender County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Wilmington's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Wilmington's residential ZIP codes cover Wilmington itself and 12 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Wrightsboro census-designated 28401, 28405
  • Bayshore census-designated 28411
  • Blue Clay Farms census-designated 28405
  • Hightsville census-designated 28401
  • Kings Grant census-designated 28405
  • Murraysville census-designated 28411
  • Myrtle Grove census-designated 28409
  • Northchase census-designated 28405
  • Ogden census-designated 28411
  • Porters Neck census-designated 28411
  • Sea Breeze census-designated 28412
  • Silver Lake census-designated 28412

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Wilmington's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Wilmington starts with 284.

Three-digit prefixes of Wilmington's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Wilmington's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
284 Fayetteville, NC (SCF 283) 12 62

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.