28626 Zip Code (NC) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 3,068
Zip code population in 2010: 2,714
Zip code population in 2000: 1,818

Houses and condos: 2,167
Renter-occupied apartments: 101
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 28626: 82.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 32.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 95 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,110 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,118 (0.4%)

For population 25 years and over in 28626:

• High school or higher: 87.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 41.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 12.5%
• Unemployed: 1.4%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 28626:

• Never married: 18.5%
• Now married: 64.5%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 2.3%
• Divorced: 14.8%

• 
• • 3,00097.8%White
  • 682.2%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 28626, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $60,560 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$60,560
State:	$70,020

Salary/wage: $51,679 (reported on 76.8% of returns)

Here:	$51,679
State:	$58,387

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1319.6% for AGIs below $25k, 3241.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6174.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10156.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14392.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,074 (reported on 42.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,074
North Carolina:	$1,479

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 36.1% for AGIs below $25k, 37.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 52.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 88.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 163.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $4,692 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	$4,692
State:	$7,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 33.0% for AGIs below $25k, 57.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 86.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 93.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 328.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$11,248 (reported on 20.5% of returns)

Here:	+$11,248
State:	+$23,652

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 30.0% for AGIs below $25k, 44.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 191.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 108.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1190.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$11,212 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	+$11,212
State:	+$11,710

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 263.5% for AGIs below $25k, 343.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 141.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 555.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 826.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $16,929 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

28626:	$16,929
North Carolina:	$20,247

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 70.4% for AGIs below $25k, 181.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 687.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 983.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $27,829 (reported on 6.2% of returns)

Here:	$27,829
State:	$34,549

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 570.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1263.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $7,217 (reported on 5.4% of returns)

Here:	$7,217
State:	$13,360

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 55.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 311.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $6,571 (reported on 6.2% of returns)

28626:	$6,571
State:	$7,586

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 115.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 322.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,225 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,225
State:	$2,337

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.5% for AGIs below $25k, 64.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 94.6%

Here:	95%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 91.9% for AGIs below $25k, 92.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 94.1% for AGIs $100k-200k, 100.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 28626, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $47,923 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$47,923
State:	$54,937

Salary/wage: $40,346 (reported on 79.8% of returns)

Here:	$40,346
State:	$46,336

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 67.7% for AGIs below $25k, 74.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 73.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 71.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 59.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $761 (reported on 41.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$761
North Carolina:	$1,298

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.3% for AGIs below $25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,259 (reported on 17.2% of returns)

Here:	$3,259
State:	$6,213

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$9,073 (reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	+$9,073
State:	+$12,740

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$8,754 (reported on 24.2% of returns)

Here:	+$8,754
State:	+$10,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.2% for AGIs below $25k, 8.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $15,175 (reported on 12.1% of returns)

28626:	$15,175
North Carolina:	$15,575

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.1% for AGIs below $25k, 3.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $20,674 (23% of AGI, reported on 34.3% of returns)

Here:	$20,674
State:	$23,438

Here:	23.2% of AGI
State:	21.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.2% for AGIs below $25k, 13.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 17.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 17.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $4,448 (reported on 29.3% of returns)

Here:	$4,448
State:	$4,687

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $6,226 (reported on 34.3% of returns)

28626:	$6,226
State:	$8,823

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $25k, 2.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 5.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 6.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,968 (reported on 19.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,968
State:	$2,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.1% for AGIs below $25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 54.5%

Here:	55%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 47.7% for AGIs below $25k, 59.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 57.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 62.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 63.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 28626, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $38,652 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$38,652
State:	$45,376

Salary/wage: $32,626 (reported on 81.4% of returns)

Here:	$32,626
State:	$39,442

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 208.3% for AGIs below $10k, 71.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 77.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 76.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 46.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,199 (reported on 53.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,199
North Carolina:	$1,515

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.8% for AGIs below $10k, 3.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,453 (reported on 22.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,453
State:	$4,016

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.9% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$14,396 (reported on 20.1% of returns)

Here:	+$14,396
State:	+$11,152

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 16.7% for AGIs below $10k, 2.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 19.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$7,503 (reported on 24.4% of returns)

Here:	+$7,503
State:	+$9,490

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.5% for AGIs below $10k, 9.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.3% for AGIs over 100k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,583 (reported on 1.5% of returns)

28626:	$2,583
North Carolina:	$2,967

Total itemized deductions: $17,320 (24% of AGI, reported on 31.6% of returns)

Here:	$17,320
State:	$19,464

Here:	23.8% of AGI
State:	22.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 12.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 15.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 17.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $4,279 (6% of AGI, reported on 27.2% of returns)

Here:	$4,279
State:	$4,035

Here:	5.6% of AGI
State:	4.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $5,168 (reported on 75.5% of returns)

28626:	$5,168
State:	$7,257

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.7% for AGIs below $10k, 5.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 17.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,459 (reported on 16.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,459
State:	$1,851

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 67.6%

Here:	68%
State:	62%

(% for various income ranges: 68.4% for AGIs below $10k, 66.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 66.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 63.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 69.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 82.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 28618, 28694, 28684, 28607, 28640, 28629.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 17
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,401

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 13 (13 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 667 (368 now married, 301 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 28626 with a mortgage: 855 (96 second mortgage, 101 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,292
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $273

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 28626 household income distribution in 2022

• 95Less than $10,000
• 18$10,000 to $14,999
• 116$15,000 to $19,999
• 96$20,000 to $24,999
• 53$25,000 to $29,999
• 48$30,000 to $34,999
• 34$35,000 to $39,999
• 63$40,000 to $44,999
• 57$45,000 to $49,999
• 72$50,000 to $59,999
• 223$60,000 to $74,999
• 77$75,000 to $99,999
• 58$100,000 to $124,999
• 166$125,000 to $149,999
• 216$150,000 to $199,999
• 31$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 28626

• 81$10,000 to $14,999
• 32$40,000 to $49,999
• 107$100,000 to $124,999
• 110$150,000 to $174,999
• 31$175,000 to $199,999
• 217$200,000 to $249,999
• 122$250,000 to $299,999
• 361$300,000 to $399,999
• 156$400,000 to $499,999
• 104$500,000 to $749,999
• 11$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
• 17$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 28626

• 10Less than $100
• 12$800 to $899
• 11$900 to $999
• 24$1,000 to $1,249
• 36No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,144.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $320,336

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $294,457 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $190,864 - $424,285

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $307,921

Here:	$307,921
State:	$375,326

Mobile homes: $55,923

Here:	$55,923
State:	$124,933

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,587
• One, attached: 15
• Two: 47
• Mobile homes: 486

Unemployment: 1.4%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 28626

• 76.5%1,186Drove a car alone
• 6.9%107Carpooled
• 1.2%19Other means
• 14.7%228Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 28626

• 30Less than 5 minutes
• 155 to 9 minutes
• 2310 to 14 minutes
• 18015 to 19 minutes
• 32220 to 24 minutes
• 15025 to 29 minutes
• 39030 to 34 minutes
• 735 to 39 minutes
• 5140 to 44 minutes
• 5845 to 59 minutes
• 8090 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 55.9%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 3,068

• Male householders: 801 (155 living alone), Female householders: 631 (100 living alone)

• 877 spouses (877 opposite-sex spouses), 100 unmarried partners, (100 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 518 children (518 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 46 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 39 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 779 2-persons, 172 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 52 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 38 2-persons, 32 3-persons

298 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (65 men, 10 women).

97.0% of residents of 28626 zip code speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% very well, 28% not well, 30% not at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.8%

Population in 1990: 1,693. Population change in the 1990s: +125 (+7.4%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 2,108
• Northeast: 212
• Midwest: 92
• South: 522
• West: 13

65% of the 28626 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.

94% of the 28626 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20 Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Construction: New Housing Operative Builders (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (1-4: 4)
• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (5-9: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 3)
• Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (1-4: 2)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (1-4: 1)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 11. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 38 took place in 2014, and the least - 1 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (35.7%), and Other (31.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 28626
• 6135.7%Structure Fires
• 5431.6%Other
• 4224.6%Outside Fires
• 148.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 28626, North Carolina

Most common first names in zip code 28626 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
George	9	75.9 years
James	8	71.0 years
John	7	81.6 years
Virginia	7	77.5 years
William	6	82.3 years
Mary	5	77.4 years
Thomas	5	70.6 years
Robert	5	73.7 years
Lillian	4	73.2 years
Fred	4	73.1 years

Most common last names in zip code 28626 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Miller	30	75.3 years
Church	13	84.8 years
Bledsoe	10	75.2 years
Hartzog	9	80.4 years
Greer	8	75.5 years
Cheek	7	75.3 years
Jones	6	75.9 years
Trivette	5	69.6 years
Lemly	5	67.0 years
Harless	5	78.8 years