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ZIP Codes With the Highest Average Income in North Carolina

What this measures. Total adjusted gross income divided by the number of tax returns filed. This is income per RETURN, not per person or per household — a return can be a single filer or a married couple. Source: IRS Statistics of Income, ZIP code data, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Average AGI per return
1 28207 Charlotte Mecklenburg $651,459
2 28480 Wrightsville Beach New Hanover $380,876
3 27608 Raleigh Wake $350,840
4 28211 Charlotte Mecklenburg $312,951
5 27408 Greensboro Guilford $204,438
6 27614 Raleigh Wake $202,865
7 28226 Charlotte Mecklenburg $199,781
8 28036 Davidson Mecklenburg $196,035
9 27517 Chapel Hill Chatham $192,095
10 28031 Cornelius Mecklenburg $183,170
11 28173 Waxhaw Union $181,993
12 28209 Charlotte Mecklenburg $180,250
13 27605 Raleigh Wake $177,941
14 28668 Roaring Gap Alleghany $176,750
15 27518 Cary Wake $174,114
16 27514 Chapel Hill Orange $173,368
17 27609 Raleigh Wake $167,057
18 27310 Oak Ridge Guilford $166,522
19 27519 Cary Wake $166,023
20 28203 Charlotte Mecklenburg $165,358
21 28270 Charlotte Mecklenburg $164,540
22 28117 Mooresville Iredell $164,005
23 27358 Summerfield Guilford $161,810
24 28277 Charlotte Mecklenburg $161,566
25 27607 Raleigh Wake $159,002
26 28210 Charlotte Mecklenburg $157,497
27 27523 Apex Chatham $156,496
28 28374 Pinehurst Moore $155,135
29 28104 Matthews Union $152,865
30 27562 New Hill Chatham $152,455
31 28512 Atlantic Beach Carteret $151,701
32 27104 Winston-Salem Forsyth $149,800
33 28305 Fayetteville Cumberland $149,728
34 27513 Cary Wake $148,442
35 27613 Raleigh Wake $148,145
36 27516 Chapel Hill Orange $143,796
37 27615 Raleigh Wake $141,857
38 28741 Highlands Macon $140,367
39 27539 Apex Wake $139,665
40 28605 Blowing Rock Watauga $137,900
41 27502 Apex Wake $135,974
42 27023 Lewisville Forsyth $135,682
43 28204 Charlotte Mecklenburg $134,320
44 28804 Asheville Buncombe $133,978
45 28682 Terrell Catawba $132,924
46 28717 Cashiers Jackson $132,581
47 28037 Denver Lincoln $132,301
48 27540 Holly Springs Wake $129,246
49 28449 Kure Beach New Hanover $129,162
50 27612 Raleigh Wake $129,022

Showing the top 50 of 712 ZIP codes in North Carolina that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 28207 ranks 1st at $651,459, against $129,022 in 50th place.

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zipcodes.pro. “ZIP Codes With the Highest Average Income in North Carolina.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/rankings/nc/highest-average-income

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