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ZIP Codes With the Lowest Average Income in North Carolina

What this measures. Total adjusted gross income divided by tax returns filed, lowest first. ZIP codes with fewer than 200 returns are excluded: the IRS suppresses small cells and the remainder swing too wildly to rank. Source: IRS Statistics of Income, ZIP code data, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Average AGI per return
1 28452 Longwood Brunswick $32,221
2 27847 Kelford Bertie $36,794
3 27105 Winston-Salem Forsyth $37,387
4 28347 Hoffman Richmond $37,390
5 27801 Rocky Mount Edgecombe $37,641
6 27260 High Point Guilford $37,798
7 28544 Midway Park Onslow $38,246
8 28386 Shannon Robeson $38,331
9 27890 Weldon Halifax $38,351
10 28301 Fayetteville Cumberland $38,600
11 28119 Morven Anson $38,669
12 27831 Garysburg Northampton $40,094
13 27849 Lewiston Woodville Bertie $40,331
14 27844 Hollister Halifax $40,624
15 28363 Marston Scotland $41,347
16 28333 Dudley Wayne $41,872
17 28377 Red Springs Hoke $41,897
18 28364 Maxton Robeson $41,897
19 27405 Greensboro Guilford $41,966
20 28343 Gibson Scotland $41,985
21 27869 Rich Square Northampton $42,336
22 28212 Charlotte Mecklenburg $42,596
23 27229 Candor Montgomery $42,608
24 28447 Ivanhoe Bladen $42,795
25 28464 Teachey Duplin $43,185
26 28453 Magnolia Duplin $43,205
27 28398 Warsaw Duplin $43,232
28 28383 Rowland Robeson $43,238
29 27897 Woodland Northampton $43,273
30 28091 Lilesville Anson $43,324
31 28340 Fairmont Robeson $43,341
32 28543 Tarawa Terrace Onslow $43,379
33 27563 Norlina Warren $43,531
34 28160 Spindale Rutherford $43,654
35 28501 Kinston Lenoir $43,724
36 28052 Gastonia Gaston $43,778
37 27917 Barco Currituck $43,934
38 28439 Fair Bluff Columbus $44,468
39 27832 Gaston Northampton $44,613
40 27536 Henderson Vance $44,719
41 27203 Asheboro Randolph $44,742
42 28726 East Flat Rock Henderson $44,758
43 27823 Enfield Halifax $44,807
44 27589 Warrenton Warren $44,846
45 28369 Orrum Robeson $45,104
46 28384 Saint Pauls Robeson $45,138
47 27805 Aulander Bertie $45,355
48 28351 Laurel Hill Scotland $45,436
49 27871 Robersonville Martin $45,866
50 28170 Wadesboro Anson $46,175

Showing the top 50 of 712 ZIP codes in North Carolina that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 28452 ranks 1st at $32,221, against $46,175 in 50th place.

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

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