Código postal 28694 — West Jefferson, NC

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El código postal 28694 cubre West Jefferson, North Carolina, con una población de unos 7,369 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $48,135.

Población: 7,369105 per square mile
Edad media: 49.110.4 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $48,13531% below the North Carolina median
Tasa de pobreza: 11.3%1.1 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $369,020up 27.8% in five years
Alquiler medio: $75735% below the North Carolina median
Título universitario o superior: 21.2%13.8 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 78.8%13.8 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 274

Dónde está 28694

West Jefferson, 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	7,369
Edad media	49.1
Hogares familiares	60%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	4.4%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	9.5%
Blanca (no hispana)	84.1%
Negra (no hispana)	1.9%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.3%
Hispana o latina	11.8%
Veteranos	6%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$48,135
Ingreso por persona	$31,418
Tasa de pobreza	11.3%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	12.7%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.5%
$10–15k	6.5%
$15–20k	4.2%
$20–25k	2.1%
$25–30k	10.8%
$30–35k	2.3%
$35–40k	11.3%
$40–45k	4.9%
$45–50k	4.9%
$50–60k	11.2%
$60–75k	6.6%
$75–100k	14.7%
$100–125k	3.1%
$125–150k	4.6%
$150–200k	6.7%
$200k or more	1.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	3,560
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$69,815
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	4.2%
Returns, under $25k	30.1%
Returns, $25k–$50k	25.3%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.4%
Returns, $100k–$200k	14.6%
Returns, $200k or more	4.2%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$239,800
Alquiler bruto medio	$757
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	27.4%
Ocupada por su propietario	78.8%
Viviendas vacías	27.2%
Año medio de construcción	1978

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	80.9%
Casa adosada	0.7%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.6%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	2%
20 o más viviendas	0.8%
Casa móvil	11.1%

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	$369,020as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 3.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 27.8%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 91.6%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$109,333 in 2000 to $369,020 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	9.2%
Licenciatura o superior	21.2%
Bachillerato o superior	90.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.1%
Conduce solo al trabajo	82.7%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	10.8%

Salud

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

Obesidad	36.1% 2.7 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	13.8% 1.8 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15.1% 1.9 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	42.7% 8.6 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	21.3% 1 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	9.7% 1.6 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	25.4% 3.5 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	26.1% 0.7 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	35.2% 10.1 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.3% 2.7 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	81.4% 6.7 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	11.5% 3.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.8% same as the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	9.1% 2.9 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	81.8% 5.1 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	89.2% 3.3 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	15% same as the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	69.3% 5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	10% 3.4 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	64.9% 3.6 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	36.6% 5.9 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	19.7% 5.1 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	12.7% 4.4 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	10.9% 3.4 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	10.5% 3.8 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	41.7% 5.5 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	9.2% 4.6 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	9.3% 0.9 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	7% 2.2 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	30.3% 4.1 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77.9% 2 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.1% 0.7 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	18.1% 4.1 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	15.1% 1.6 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.6% 0.6 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	6.4% 2.4 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	31.8% 4.6 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.6% 1.2 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	15.6% 2.6 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.9% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	274
Personas empleadas	3,180
Nómina anual	$119,014,000

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 70.6% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 6 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	66.6 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	26.9 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.

Deslizamiento de tierra	96.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	93.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	92.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	84Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	83.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	74.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	73Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	68.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	62.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	56.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	56.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	49.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	8.1Relatively High 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	$48,135	$69,904	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$31,418	$39,616	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	11.3%	13.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$239,800	$259,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$757	$1,162	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	78.8%	66.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	21.2%	34.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	9.2%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.1%	14.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	4.4%	8.7%	13.9%
Edad media	49.1	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	JEFFERSON 2 E, NC US6.8 km away
Lluvia al año	51 in
Nieve al año	14 in

Average high and low by month

enero	43.3°F / 21.9°F3.91 in rain, 4.3 in snow
febrero	46.6°F / 24°F3.28 in rain, 3.3 in snow
marzo	53.5°F / 29.2°F4.06 in rain, 2.9 in snow
abril	63.1°F / 36.3°F4.78 in rain
mayo	71.2°F / 45.3°F5.34 in rain
junio	78°F / 53.4°F4.44 in rain
julio	81°F / 58°F4.79 in rain
agosto	80.2°F / 56.6°F4.65 in rain
septiembre	75.2°F / 50.3°F4.35 in rain
octubre	65.5°F / 38.5°F3.71 in rain
noviembre	55.4°F / 28.5°F3.61 in rain, 0.2 in snow
diciembre	47°F / 24.5°F4.03 in rain, 3.7 in snow

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	16% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	16% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	53% 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%.

Ashe 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	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	58más vulnerable que el 58% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	55más vulnerable que el 55% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	11más vulnerable que el 11% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	5.1 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

28640 Jefferson, NC	a 5.5 km
28693 Warrensville, NC	a 10.3 km
28684 Todd, NC	a 10.7 km
28626 Fleetwood, NC	a 11 km
28629 Glendale Springs, NC	a 11.7 km
28617 Crumpler, NC	a 12.2 km
28643 Lansing, NC	a 16 km
28615 Creston, NC	a 16.7 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.

Ashe County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	69.93 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.51 sq mi
Densidad de población	105 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	36.3776, -81.4872

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.