Código postal 28723 — Cullowhee, NC

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El código postal 28723 cubre Cullowhee, North Carolina, con una población de unos 11,427 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $43,539.

Población: 11,427102 per square mile
Edad media: 22.116.6 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $43,53938% below the North Carolina median
Tasa de pobreza: 30.5%18.1 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $434,126up 26.4% in five years
Alquiler medio: $84228% below the North Carolina median
Título universitario o superior: 31.5%3.5 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 35.6%29.4 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 101

Dónde está 28723

Cullowhee, 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	11,427
Edad media	22.1
Hogares familiares	34.7%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	4.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	9%
Blanca (no hispana)	81.4%
Negra (no hispana)	6.1%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.6%
Hispana o latina	8.7%
Veteranos	5.9%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$43,539
Ingreso por persona	$22,336
Tasa de pobreza	30.5%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	10.6%
$10–15k	9.0%
$15–20k	4.5%
$20–25k	5.6%
$25–30k	3.0%
$30–35k	2.4%
$35–40k	12.2%
$40–45k	4.0%
$45–50k	6.3%
$50–60k	9.0%
$60–75k	7.0%
$75–100k	11.4%
$100–125k	6.5%
$125–150k	1.0%
$150–200k	3.8%
$200k or more	3.5%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	3,410
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$59,093
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3.2%
Returns, under $25k	37.8%
Returns, $25k–$50k	27.0%
Returns, $50k–$75k	12.3%
Returns, $75k–$100k	8.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	11.4%
Returns, $200k or more	3.2%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$308,800
Alquiler bruto medio	$842
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	29.5%
Ocupada por su propietario	35.6%
Viviendas vacías	31.3%
Año medio de construcción	1994

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	52.8%
Casa adosada	2.6%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	7.9%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	10.9%
20 o más viviendas	15.7%
Casa móvil	10.1%

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	$434,126as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.1%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 26.4%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 99.5%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$224,329 in 2009 to $434,126 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	9.4%
Licenciatura o superior	31.5%
Bachillerato o superior	92%
Trabaja desde casa	5.3%
Conduce solo al trabajo	76.1%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	13%

Salud

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

Obesidad	30.7% 2.7 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	7% 5 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	11.3% 1.9 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	23.7% 10.4 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	17.2% 3.1 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	10.5% 0.8 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	31.6% 9.7 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	21.2% 4.2 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	16.7% 8.4 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	18.5% 2.5 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	62.6% 12.1 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	4.7% 3 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	11.7% 1.3 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	4.4% 1.8 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	73.7% 3 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	74.3% 11.6 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	21.6% 6.8 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	67.9% 3.6 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	5.7% 0.9 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	58.3% 3 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	35.2% 4.5 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	21.9% 2.9 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	17.2% same as the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	13.1% 1.2 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	5.9% 0.8 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	25.9% 10.3 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	11.7% 2.1 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	10.5% 2.1 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	11.8% 2.6 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	40.5% 6.1 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	78% 2.1 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	23.4% 6.6 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	9.6% 4.4 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	11.3% 2.2 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	2.9% 1.1 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	7.9% 0.9 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	32.8% 3.6 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.2% 1.2 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	18.2% 5.2 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.2% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	101
Personas empleadas	737
Nómina anual	$27,708,000

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 82% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Very High en los 3 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	79.1 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	29.9 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	99Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	98.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	97.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	93.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	88.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	79.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	75.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	73Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	70.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	67.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	62.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	60.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	59Relatively Moderate 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	$43,539	$69,904	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$22,336	$39,616	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	30.5%	13.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$308,800	$259,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$842	$1,162	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	35.6%	66.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	31.5%	34.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	9.4%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	5.3%	14.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	4.9%	8.7%	13.9%
Edad media	22.1	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	CULLOWHEE, NC US8.3 km away
Lluvia al año	54 in
Nieve al año	4 in

Average high and low by month

enero	48.5°F / 25.6°F4.85 in rain, 1.3 in snow
febrero	52.8°F / 28.2°F4.56 in rain, 0.7 in snow
marzo	60.8°F / 34°F4.64 in rain, 0.7 in snow
abril	70.3°F / 41.6°F4.72 in rain
mayo	77°F / 50.5°F4.34 in rain
junio	82.4°F / 58.6°F5.12 in rain
julio	85.3°F / 62.7°F5.01 in rain
agosto	84.3°F / 61.7°F4.3 in rain
septiembre	79.1°F / 55.8°F4.31 in rain
octubre	70°F / 43.8°F3.22 in rain, 0.1 in snow
noviembre	59.9°F / 33°F4.04 in rain
diciembre	51.1°F / 28.7°F5.07 in rain, 1.5 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	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	34% 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%.

Jackson 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	62más vulnerable que el 62% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	68más vulnerable que el 68% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	23más vulnerable que el 23% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	30más vulnerable que el 30% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	79más vulnerable que el 79% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.7 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

28783 Tuckasegee, NC	a 6.9 km
28736 Glenville, NC	a 7.9 km
28779 Sylva, NC	a 12.9 km
28788 Webster, NC	a 13.4 km
28717 Cashiers, NC	a 16.9 km
28725 Dillsboro, NC	a 17.9 km
28741 Highlands, NC	a 19.9 km
28707 Balsam, NC	a 21.4 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.

Jackson County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	111.95 sq mi
Superficie de agua	2.18 sq mi
Densidad de población	102 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	35.2409, -83.1475

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.