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Lake Toxaway ZIP code, North Carolina

The ZIP code for Lake Toxaway, NC is 28747, and its area code is 828.

USPS city name
1 ZIP code
Population
2,021
Area code
828

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Lake Toxaway itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Brevard (8.5 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Lake Toxaway in numbers

About 2,021 people live in Lake Toxaway, in 830 households. The median household income is $66,000 a year, 9% below the North Carolina median of $72,388 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $294,600 (about the same as the North Carolina median).

Population2,021Lake Toxaway2,021
Households830Lake Toxaway830
Median household income$66,000Lake Toxaway$66,000North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$294,600Lake Toxaway$294,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the ZIP code addressed as Lake Toxaway. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes addressed as Lake Toxaway

ZIP codes with the USPS city name Lake Toxaway
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28747 Lake Toxaway , NC Standard 2,021 $66,000 $294,600

Map of Lake Toxaway ZIP codes

28747

The ZIP codes of Lake Toxaway, 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 Lake Toxaway

The nearest larger towns are Brevard (7,897 people, 13 mi), Cullowhee (7,973 people, 19 mi) and Pickens, SC (3,155 people, 21 mi).

Towns near Lake Toxaway
TownPopulationDistance
Brevard 7,897 12.8 mi
Cullowhee 7,973 18.7 mi
Pickens, SC 3,155 21.4 mi
Etowah 7,968 21.6 mi
Keowee Key, SC 3,351 22.4 mi
Sylva 2,646 23.3 mi
Waynesville 10,502 23.9 mi
Mills River 7,281 24.7 mi
Valley Hill 2,675 26.1 mi
Franklin 4,268 26.3 mi
Lake Junaluska 3,175 26.8 mi
Canton 4,419 27.1 mi
Walhalla, SC 4,157 27.1 mi
Liberty, SC 3,350 27.5 mi

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