Código postal 28557 — Morehead City, NC

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El código postal 28557 cubre Morehead City, North Carolina, con una población de unos 15,355 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $67,753.

Población: 15,3551,082 per square mile
Edad media: 48.29.5 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $67,753about the North Carolina median
Tasa de pobreza: 10.9%1.5 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $420,120up 30.8% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,143about the North Carolina median
Título universitario o superior: 40%5 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 63.4%1.6 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 868

Dónde está 28557

Morehead City, North Carolina — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	15,355
Edad media	48.2
Hogares familiares	53.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	3.8%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	7.4%
Blanca (no hispana)	83.2%
Negra (no hispana)	4.4%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.3%
Hispana o latina	6.3%
Veteranos	11.7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$67,753
Ingreso por persona	$45,424
Tasa de pobreza	10.9%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	10.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.9%
$10–15k	2.8%
$15–20k	3.6%
$20–25k	5.6%
$25–30k	4.6%
$30–35k	3.7%
$35–40k	4.9%
$40–45k	3.4%
$45–50k	4.3%
$50–60k	8.0%
$60–75k	7.8%
$75–100k	12.2%
$100–125k	11.8%
$125–150k	6.8%
$150–200k	6.9%
$200k or more	8.6%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	7,510
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$97,993
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	9.1%
Returns, under $25k	27.2%
Returns, $25k–$50k	22.1%
Returns, $50k–$75k	14.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.4%
Returns, $100k–$200k	17.3%
Returns, $200k or more	9.1%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$331,800
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,143
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	35.1%
Ocupada por su propietario	63.4%
Viviendas vacías	16.8%
Año medio de construcción	1986

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	63.7%
Casa adosada	7.5%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	9.2%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	7.6%
20 o más viviendas	7.4%
Casa móvil	4.6%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$420,120as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 1.3%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 30.8%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 79.3%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,682as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 3.6%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$150,442 in 2000 to $420,120 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	3.6%
Licenciatura o superior	40%
Bachillerato o superior	93.2%
Trabaja desde casa	9.1%
Conduce solo al trabajo	80.5%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	8.8%

Salud

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

Obesidad	33.8% same as the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	12.5% 0.5 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	12.4% 0.8 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	40.4% 6.3 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	18% 2.3 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	8.4% 2.9 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	24% 2.1 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	22.2% 3.2 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	32.4% 7.3 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	14.1% 1.9 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	81.2% 6.5 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	11.4% 3.7 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.5% same as the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8.1% 1.9 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	82.4% 5.7 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	90.2% 4.3 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	13.1% 1.7 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	73% 8.7 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	8.1% 1.5 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	69% 7.7 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	32% 1.3 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	18.9% 5.9 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	10.9% 6.2 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	9% 5.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	9.2% 2.5 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	40.1% 3.9 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	8.5% 5.3 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	6.3% 2.9 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	29% 5.4 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	80.8% 4.9 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	14.6% 2.2 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	15.5% 1.5 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	13.2% same as the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.9% same as the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	5.9% 2.9 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	31.1% 5.3 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.1% 0.7 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	12.3% 0.7 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5% 0.6 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	868
Personas empleadas	10,281
Nómina anual	$446,842,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

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

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 88.7% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Very High en los 8 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	88.7 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	87.2 sobre 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.

Huracán	98.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	93.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	91.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	79.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	72.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	70.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	50.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	44.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	40Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	38.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	34.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	34.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	31.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	20.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	19.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con North Carolina y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	North Carolina	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$67,753	$69,904	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$45,424	$39,616	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	10.9%	13.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$331,800	$259,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,143	$1,162	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	63.4%	66.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	40%	34.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	3.6%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	9.1%	14.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	3.8%	8.7%	13.9%
Edad media	48.2	39.1	38.7

Clima

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.

Estación meteorológica	MOREHEAD CITY 2 WNW, NC US1.8 km away
Lluvia al año	61 in
Nieve al año	0 in

Average high and low by month

enero	55.2°F / 36.2°F4.51 in rain, 0.3 in snow
febrero	56.9°F / 38.4°F3.89 in rain, 0.2 in snow
marzo	62.4°F / 44°F3.72 in rain
abril	69.9°F / 52.4°F3.58 in rain
mayo	76.7°F / 61.7°F4.4 in rain
junio	82.8°F / 70.3°F5.04 in rain
julio	85.8°F / 73.5°F5.66 in rain
agosto	85.4°F / 72.3°F7.76 in rain
septiembre	82.2°F / 68.1°F8.77 in rain
octubre	74.9°F / 56.5°F4.84 in rain
noviembre	65.7°F / 46.1°F4.55 in rain
diciembre	58.8°F / 40.1°F4.44 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

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.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	7% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	69% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	20% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

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%.

Carteret County Schools	100% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

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.

Vulnerabilidad social general	41más vulnerable que el 41% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	41más vulnerable que el 41% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	49más vulnerable que el 49% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	25más vulnerable que el 25% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	46más vulnerable que el 46% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	6.7 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

28512 Atlantic Beach, NC	a 3.1 km
28516 Beaufort, NC	a 12.4 km
28575 Salter Path, NC	a 12.8 km
28570 Newport, NC	a 14.4 km
28531 Harkers Island, NC	a 18.1 km
28528 Gloucester, NC	a 19.6 km
28579 Smyrna, NC	a 21 km
28553 Marshallberg, NC	a 21.6 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

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.

Carteret County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	14.19 sq mi
Superficie de agua	9.09 sq mi
Densidad de población	1,082 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	34.7253, -76.7531

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.