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Sugar Mountain ZIP codes, North Carolina

No ZIP code is named for Sugar Mountain, NC; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. 2 ZIP codes cover it: 28604 and 28646. Its area code is 828.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
2 more
Population
539
Area code
828

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

Sugar Mountain in numbers

About 539 people live in Sugar Mountain, in 313 households. The median household income is $96,094 a year, 33% above the North Carolina median of $72,388 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $343,800 (19% above the North Carolina median), and median gross rent is $1,500 a month. The median age is 66.8; 65.3% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (35.7% across North Carolina); the average commute takes 18 minutes.

Population539Sugar Mountain539
Households313Sugar Mountain313
Median age66.8Sugar Mountain66.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$96,094Sugar Mountain$96,094North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$343,800Sugar Mountain$343,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,500Sugar Mountain$1,500North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher65.3%Sugar Mountain65.3%North Carolina35.7%US 35.7%
Mean commute17.6 minSugar Mountain17.6 minNorth Carolina25.1 minUS 26.4 min
Population density219 / sq miSugar Mountain219 / sq mi

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

ZIP codes covering Sugar Mountain

These ZIP codes cover part of Sugar Mountain but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Sugar Mountain
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28604 Banner Elk , NC Standard 7,869 $76,319 $383,800
28646 Linville , NC Standard 382 $76,736 $371,300

Map of Sugar Mountain ZIP codes

2860428646

The ZIP codes of Sugar Mountain, 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 Sugar Mountain

The nearest larger towns are Banner Elk (1,473 people, 2.3 mi), Newland (866 people, 4.4 mi) and Foscoe (1,226 people, 5.2 mi).

Towns near Sugar Mountain
TownPopulationDistance
Boone 20,032 12.7 mi
Gamewell 3,689 23.5 mi
Mountain City, TN 2,542 23.9 mi
Lenoir 18,299 24.3 mi
Elizabethton, TN 14,374 25.5 mi
Cajah's Mountain 2,704 26.5 mi
Unicoi, TN 3,806 26.7 mi
Morganton 17,646 28.2 mi
Hudson 3,772 28.6 mi

More nearby: every ZIP code in Watauga County · North Carolina ZIP codes

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