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Cove Creek ZIP codes, North Carolina

No ZIP code is named for Cove Creek, NC; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. 3 ZIP codes cover it: 28692, 28698 and 28679. Its area code is 828.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
3 more
Population
1,629
Area code
828

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Cove Creek itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Sugar Grove (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Cove Creek in numbers

About 1,629 people live in Cove Creek, in 670 households. The median household income is $52,847 a year, 27% below the North Carolina median of $72,388 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $295,700 (about the same as the North Carolina median), and median gross rent is $1,601 a month. The median age is 49.3; 29.2% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (35.7% across North Carolina); the average commute takes 28 minutes.

Population1,629Cove Creek1,629
Households670Cove Creek670
Median age49.3Cove Creek49.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$52,847Cove Creek$52,847North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$295,700Cove Creek$295,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,601Cove Creek$1,601North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.2%Cove Creek29.2%North Carolina35.7%US 35.7%
Mean commute27.5 minCove Creek27.5 minNorth Carolina25.1 minUS 26.4 min
Population density191 / sq miCove Creek191 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Cove Creek CDP. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Cove Creek

These ZIP codes cover part of Cove Creek but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Cove Creek
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28679 Sugar Grove , NC Standard 2,454 $65,246 $287,100
28692 Vilas , NC Standard 4,367 $43,103 $324,900
28698 Zionville , NC Standard 2,320 $54,402 $219,400

Map of Cove Creek ZIP codes

286792869228698

The ZIP codes of Cove Creek, NC, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Cove Creek

The nearest larger towns are Boone (20,032 people, 8.5 mi), Mountain City, TN (2,542 people, 13 mi) and Jefferson (1,864 people, 20 mi).

Towns near Cove Creek
TownPopulationDistance
Boone 20,032 8.5 mi
Mountain City, TN 2,542 12.6 mi
Elizabethton, TN 14,374 25.4 mi

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