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Valle Crucis ZIP code, North Carolina

The ZIP code for Valle Crucis, NC is 28691, and its area code is 828.

USPS city name
1 ZIP code
Overlapping the city
2 more
Population
242
Area code
828

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Valle Crucis itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Sugar Grove (4.9 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Mail addressed to Valle Crucis uses the ZIP code above. 2 more ZIP codes cover part of the city but are addressed as somewhere else; they are listed separately below.

Valle Crucis in numbers

About 242 people live in Valle Crucis, in 115 households. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $463,800 (61% above the North Carolina median). The median age is 53.1; 78.3% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (35.7% across North Carolina).

Population242Valle Crucis242
Households115Valle Crucis115
Median age53.1Valle Crucis53.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median home value$463,800Valle Crucis$463,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher78.3%Valle Crucis78.3%North Carolina35.7%US 35.7%
Population density55 / sq miValle Crucis55 / sq mi

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

ZIP codes addressed as Valle Crucis

ZIP codes with the USPS city name Valle Crucis
ZIP City Type
28691 Valle Crucis , NC No street area

Other ZIP codes overlapping Valle Crucis

These ZIP codes cover part of Valle Crucis but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Valle Crucis
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28604 Banner Elk , NC Standard 7,869 $76,319 $383,800
28679 Sugar Grove , NC Standard 2,454 $65,246 $287,100

Towns near Valle Crucis

The nearest larger towns are Foscoe (1,226 people, 4.5 mi), Seven Devils (425 people, 4.7 mi) and Cove Creek (1,629 people, 5.0 mi).

Towns near Valle Crucis
TownPopulationDistance
Boone 20,032 7.3 mi
Mountain City, TN 2,542 17.6 mi
Elizabethton, TN 14,374 26.0 mi
Lenoir 18,299 26.1 mi
Gamewell 3,689 26.7 mi
Cajah's Mountain 2,704 29.1 mi
Unicoi, TN 3,806 29.7 mi

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