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28378 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 28378 covers Rex, North Carolina.

Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
3

Where 28378 is

Rex, North Carolina — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity45.5% 12.1 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes11.2% 0.8 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes18.6% 5.4 pts above the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure34.3% same as the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health24.3% 4 pts above the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)17.6% 6.3 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depression24.6% 2.7 pts above the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity30.4% 5 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis25% same as the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking14% 2 pts below the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication70.9% 3.8 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)4.9% 2.8 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma12.8% 2.4 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease4.7% 1.5 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year77.9% 1.2 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening83.6% 2.3 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability19.9% 5.1 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening64.7% same as the national average of 64.3%
COPD7.3% 0.7 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist52.8% 8.5 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Any disability34% 3.3 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support24.6% same as the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity24.5% 7.4 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps22.5% 8.2 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability6% 0.7 pts below the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol32.7% 3.5 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity20.4% 6.6 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability10.9% 2.5 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport13.5% 4.3 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness33.7% 0.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use78.9% 3 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)20.2% 3.4 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability15% 1 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)14.7% 1.2 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability4.9% 0.9 pts above the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat13.6% 4.8 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours38.8% 2.4 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Stroke3.2% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost16.9% 3.9 pts above the national average of 13%
Vision disability7.5% 1.9 pts above the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments3
People employed38
Annual payroll$972,000
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Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 45.3% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss26.3 out of 100
Community resilience12.9 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Hurricane89.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire88.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought86.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind85.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado82Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather78.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm73.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake65.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning61.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail61.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave52.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave42.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide37.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding12.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationRAEFORD, NC US20.4 km away
Rain in a year49 in
Snow in a year3 in

Average high and low by month

January52.9°F / 29.7°F3.71 in rain, 1.6 in snow
February56.6°F / 30.8°F3.66 in rain, 0.8 in snow
March64.6°F / 38°F3.92 in rain
April73.5°F / 46.5°F3.18 in rain
May79.9°F / 56.1°F3.8 in rain
June86.4°F / 65.2°F4.72 in rain
July89.5°F / 69.2°F4.86 in rain
August87.9°F / 67.7°F5.05 in rain
September82.7°F / 61.4°F5.27 in rain
October73.1°F / 48.8°F3.29 in rain
November63.8°F / 37.5°F3.55 in rain
December56.1°F / 32.6°F3.55 in rain, 0.4 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Robeson County Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability70more vulnerable than 70% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status76more vulnerable than 76% of US census tracts
Household characteristics91more vulnerable than 91% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status77more vulnerable than 77% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Walkability3.8 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

28357 Lumber Bridge, NC2.4 km away
28371 Parkton, NC8 km away
28384 Saint Pauls, NC10.2 km away
28377 Red Springs, NC10.4 km away
28386 Shannon, NC11.7 km away
28348 Hope Mills, NC16.1 km away
28331 Cumberland, NC18.9 km away
28306 Fayetteville, NC20.1 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Robeson County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area1.12 sq mi
Latitude, longitude34.8543, -79.0642

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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