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ZIP Codes With the Highest Median Household Income in North Carolina

What this measures. Median household income, American Community Survey 5-year estimate. Source: Census American Community Survey, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Median household income
1 28207 Charlotte Mecklenburg $217,204
2 27562 New Hill Chatham $172,955
3 28480 Wrightsville Beach New Hanover $172,500
4 27310 Oak Ridge Guilford $165,898
5 27519 Cary Wake $165,586
6 28672 Scottville Ashe $163,210
7 27608 Raleigh Wake $162,188
8 28036 Davidson Mecklenburg $156,496
9 28774 Sapphire Transylvania $154,635
10 28173 Waxhaw Union $150,597
11 28733 Fontana Dam Graham $150,300
12 27539 Apex Wake $145,947
13 28075 Harrisburg Cabarrus $144,288
14 27502 Apex Wake $143,922
15 27358 Summerfield Guilford $138,717
16 28342 Falcon Cumberland $138,125
17 28104 Matthews Union $138,017
18 27523 Apex Chatham $135,625
19 27587 Wake Forest Wake $133,743
20 28211 Charlotte Mecklenburg $132,917
21 27929 Currituck Currituck $132,713
22 28270 Charlotte Mecklenburg $131,667
23 27571 Rolesville Wake $131,139
24 28682 Terrell Catawba $129,390
25 27540 Holly Springs Wake $128,989
26 27614 Raleigh Wake $128,834
27 27517 Chapel Hill Chatham $128,683
28 28277 Charlotte Mecklenburg $128,627
29 28542 Camp Lejeune Onslow $125,491
30 28278 Charlotte Mecklenburg $125,470
31 27613 Raleigh Wake $123,966
32 27518 Cary Wake $123,488
33 27513 Cary Wake $121,989
34 27507 Bullock Granville $120,849
35 28078 Huntersville Mecklenburg $120,831
36 27949 Kitty Hawk Dare $120,662
37 27927 Corolla Currituck $120,568
38 28226 Charlotte Mecklenburg $118,606
39 27560 Morrisville Wake $118,417
40 28745 Lake Junaluska Haywood $117,824
41 27342 Sedalia Guilford $116,731
42 28757 Montreat Buncombe $115,568
43 27527 Clayton Johnston $115,035
44 27503 Bahama Durham $114,425
45 28031 Cornelius Mecklenburg $113,368
46 28117 Mooresville Iredell $112,976
47 27615 Raleigh Wake $112,754
48 27958 Moyock Currituck $112,177
49 28037 Denver Lincoln $111,703
50 28374 Pinehurst Moore $111,311

Showing the top 50 of 756 ZIP codes in North Carolina that have this figure . 28207 ranks 1st at $217,204, against $111,311 in 50th place.

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

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