Estimated median household income in 2007: $42,258
| This zip code: | $42,258 | | North Carolina: | $44,670 |
Nearest zip codes: 28757, 28778, 28730, 28735, 28762, 28710.
Housing units in zip code 28711 with a mortgage: 1,699 (135 second mortgage, 270 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,101
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,048
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $320
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 12.1% | | Whole state: | 14.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 4.9% | | Whole state: | 6.0% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.5 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.3 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Churches in zip code 28711 include: Bald Mountain Church (A), Wilkey Church (B), Stone Mountain Church (C), Spring Mountain Church (D), Broad River Church (E), Clear Branch Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Lake Charles (A), Echo Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Glade Creek (A), Duck Branch (B), Laurel Creek (C), Rock Creek (D), Clear Branch (E), Sand Branch (F), Big Branch (G), Tom Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 145
- 1995 to 1998: 516
- 1990 to 1994: 465
- 1980 to 1989: 1,176
- 1970 to 1979: 1,036
- 1960 to 1969: 819
- 1950 to 1959: 655
- 1940 to 1949: 457
- 1939 or earlier: 774
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Black Mountain, NC (28711): |
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- no bedroom: 3
- 1 bedrooms: 132
- 2 bedrooms: 1,128
- 3 bedrooms: 1,862
- 4 bedrooms: 427
- 5 or more bedrooms: 126
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 18
- 1 bedrooms: 284
- 2 bedrooms: 684
- 3 bedrooms: 299
- 4 bedrooms: 54
- 5 or more bedrooms: 24
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Vehicles available in 28711 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 142
- 1 vehicle: 1,155
- 2 vehicles: 1,606
- 3 vehicles: 544
- 4 vehicles: 163
- 5 or more vehicles: 68
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 174
- 1 vehicle: 705
- 2 vehicles: 399
- 3 vehicles: 52
- 4 vehicles: 20
- 5 or more vehicles: 13
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 28711:
- Less than $10,000: 68
- $10,000 to $14,999: 34
- $15,000 to $19,999: 59
- $20,000 to $24,999: 51
- $25,000 to $29,999: 40
- $30,000 to $34,999: 26
- $35,000 to $39,999: 27
- $40,000 to $49,999: 68
- $50,000 to $59,999: 54
- $60,000 to $69,999: 76
- $70,000 to $79,999: 91
- $80,000 to $89,999: 111
- $90,000 to $99,999: 188
- $100,000 to $124,999: 462
- $125,000 to $149,999: 503
- $150,000 to $174,999: 328
- $175,000 to $199,999: 307
- $200,000 to $249,999: 528
- $250,000 to $299,999: 344
- $300,000 to $399,999: 210
- $400,000 to $499,999: 101
- $500,000 to $749,999: 95
- $750,000 to $999,999: 21
- $1,000,000 or more: 32
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 28711:
- Less than $100: 32
- $100 to $149: 30
- $150 to $199: 16
- $200 to $249: 26
- $250 to $299: 40
- $300 to $349: 70
- $350 to $399: 164
- $400 to $449: 160
- $450 to $499: 144
- $500 to $549: 169
- $550 to $599: 87
- $600 to $649: 54
- $650 to $699: 41
- $700 to $749: 58
- $750 to $799: 16
- $800 to $899: 42
- $900 to $999: 68
- $1,000 to $1,249: 101
- $1,250 to $1,499: 30
- $1,500 to $1,999: 95
- $2,000 or more: 34
- No cash rent: 183
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $173,532.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $174,748
- Black or African American householders: $135,510
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $136,878
- Asian householders: $240,754
- Some other race householders: $171,098
- Two or more races householders: $131,860
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $118,628
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $149,930 (it was $100,900 in 2000)
| 28711: | $149,930 | | North Carolina: | $145,700 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $96,801 - $217,296
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $217,363| Here: | $217,363 | | State: | $217,106 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $164,408| Here: | $164,408 | | State: | $176,568 |
In 2-unit structures: $146,166| Here: | $146,166 | | State: | $153,934 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $186,869| Here: | $186,869 | | State: | $163,212 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $270,638| Here: | $270,638 | | State: | $169,602 |
Mobile homes: $38,483| Here: | $38,483 | | State: | $45,354 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,313
- One, attached: 183
- Two: 159
- 3 or 4: 179
- 5 to 9: 98
- 10 to 19: 59
- 20 to 49: 40
- 50 or more: 97
- Mobile homes: 907
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 4,328 (78%)
- Carpooled: 745 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 106 (2%)
- Other means: 46 (1%)
- Worked at home: 273 (5%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 325
- 5 to 9 minutes: 1064
- 10 to 14 minutes: 825
- 15 to 19 minutes: 584
- 20 to 24 minutes: 723
- 25 to 29 minutes: 457
- 30 to 34 minutes: 626
- 35 to 39 minutes: 83
- 40 to 44 minutes: 158
- 45 to 59 minutes: 253
- 60 to 89 minutes: 71
- 90 or more minutes: 78
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 89.8%
Household type by relationship
Households: 11,408
- In family households: 9,315 (2,376 male householders, 862 female householders)
2,653 spouses, 2,787 children (2,557 natural, 113 adopted, 117 stepchildren), 181 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 68 parents, 123 other relatives, 194 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,093 (696 male householders (550 living alone)), 1,091 female householders (979 living alone)), 306 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 474 (357 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,710 2-persons, 704 3-persons, 549 4-persons, 179 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,529 1-person, 220 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 5 5-persons.
1,563 married couples with children.
519 single-parent households (113 men, 406 women).
96.4% of residents of 28711 zip code speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% very well, 5% well, 8% not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% very well, 19% well, 2% not well, 1% not at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% very well, 25% well, 9% not well, 12% not at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% very well, 25% not well).
Foreign born population: 294 (2.5%)
(58.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 2.5% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- United Kingdom (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- India (9%)
- Canada (7%)
- Guatemala (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 59
- 1990 to 1994: 35
- 1985 to 1989: 22
- 1980 to 1984: 44
- 1975 to 1979: 23
- 1970 to 1974: 24
- 1970 to 1974: 18
- 1965 to 1969: 69
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White population: 10,956
Black population: 572
American Indian population: 36
Asian population: 76
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 4
Some other race population: 43
Two or more races population: 139

First ancestries reported:
|  English: 1523 |
|  United States or American: 1454 |
|  Other groups: 1035 |
|  German: 992 |
|  Irish: 839 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 796 |
|  Scottish: 376 |
|  Italian: 208 |
|  European: 203 |
|  French (except Basque): 178 |
|  Dutch: 154 |
|  Swedish: 90 |
|  Polish: 86 |
|  British: 78 |
|  Welsh: 57 |
|  French Canadian: 52 |
|  Norwegian: 40 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 39 |
|  African: 37 |
|  Portuguese: 33 |
|  Danish: 23 |
|  Hungarian: 22 |
|  Scandinavian: 21 |
|  Russian: 20 |
|  Finnish: 17 |
|  Austrian: 16 |
|  Ukrainian: 16 |
|  Celtic: 13 |
|  Northern European: 12 |
|  Swiss: 12 |
|  Greek: 10 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 10 |
|  Lebanese: 9 |
|  Arab:: 9 |
|  Canadian: 8 |
|  Dutch West Indian: 8 |
|  Croatian: 6 |
|  Lithuanian: 6 |
|  Brazilian: 6 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 4 |
|  Iranian: 4 |
|  Pennsylvania German: 3 |
|  Icelander: 3 |
|  Yugoslavian: 3 |
|  Romanian: 2 |
|  Czech: 2 |
|  Belgian: 2 |
|  Jamaican: 2 |
|  South African: 2 |
|  Eastern European: 1 |
|  Slovene: 1 |
|  Slovak: 1 |
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,288
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (6%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6717
- Northeast: 1021
- Midwest: 988
- South: 2457
- West: 267
57% of the 28711 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in North Carolina.
Population in 1990: 11,914. Population change in the 1990s: -88 (-0.7%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 100
| Here: | 8.3% | | North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 6.5% | | North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 114
| Here: | 26.7% | | North Carolina: | 20.2% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- KEARFOTT GUIDANCE & NAVIGATION (HWY 70 in BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC): $20,282,314 in 178 contracts from 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components, Synchros and Resolvers, Optical Sighting and Ranging Equipment, Motors, Electrical, and more by Army, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Air Force, and others Signed by year: 2000: $1,376,733; 2001: $1,361,322; 2002: $812,159; 2003: $6,269,648; 2004: $4,137,288; 2005: $4,237,793; 2006: $1,713,271.
Biggest contracts:
$4,801,787 with Army for Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components. Signed on 2003-10-08. Completion date: 2007-09-30.
$2,143,441, same as above. Signed on 2004-02-19. Completion date: 2008-09-30.
$1,556,689, same as above. Signed on 2005-07-15. Completion date: 2008-09-30.
$539,595 with Army for Synchros and Resolvers. Signed on 2006-03-29. Completion date: 2008-04-16.
- LYONS, KIRK D (2 AROSA CT in BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; small business)
$43,242 with Army for Clothing, Special Purpose. Taking place in GA. Signed on 2006-04-18. Completion date: 2006-09-01.
- COMMUNICTION TECHNOLOGY CONSUL (205 DOGWOOD LANE in BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; small business)
$3,295 with Department of Defense for Radio and Television Communication Equipment, Except Airborne. Signed on 2002-08-07. Completion date: 2002-08-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (500-999 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1, 20-49: 3, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 3)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 6, 1-4: 7)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 4, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 4)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Continuing Care Retirement Communities (100-249: 1, 1-4: 2)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Family Planning Centers (100-249: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
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People in group quarters
- 218 people in nursing homes
- 84 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 67 people in state prisons
- 51 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 34 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 33 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
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