Código postal 28777 — Spruce Pine, NC

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El código postal 28777 cubre Spruce Pine, North Carolina, con una población de unos 10,368 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $62,399.

Población: 10,368144 per square mile
Edad media: 45.26.5 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $62,39911% below the North Carolina median
Tasa de pobreza: 13.2%0.8 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $259,430up 34% in five years
Alquiler medio: $68641% below the North Carolina median
Título universitario o superior: 18.7%16.3 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 76.9%11.9 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 284

Dónde está 28777

Spruce Pine, 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	10,368
Edad media	45.2
Hogares familiares	62%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	6%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	8%
Blanca (no hispana)	82%
Negra (no hispana)	5.8%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.3%
Hispana o latina	8.4%
Veteranos	7.5%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$62,399
Ingreso por persona	$27,590
Tasa de pobreza	13.2%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	15.6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	7.0%
$10–15k	7.2%
$15–20k	5.6%
$20–25k	4.4%
$25–30k	2.6%
$30–35k	3.6%
$35–40k	4.4%
$40–45k	4.4%
$45–50k	2.0%
$50–60k	7.3%
$60–75k	11.1%
$75–100k	15.7%
$100–125k	10.4%
$125–150k	6.8%
$150–200k	3.3%
$200k or more	4.4%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	3,780
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$59,630
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	2.4%
Returns, under $25k	29.1%
Returns, $25k–$50k	28.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	16.1%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.8%
Returns, $100k–$200k	12.7%
Returns, $200k or more	2.4%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$206,300
Alquiler bruto medio	$686
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	19.7%
Ocupada por su propietario	76.9%
Viviendas vacías	24.9%
Año medio de construcción	1978

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	71.8%
Casa adosada	1.1%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	5.2%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	2%
20 o más viviendas	0.4%
Casa móvil	19.5%

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	$259,430as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.1%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 34%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 97.8%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$78,875 in 2003 to $259,430 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	5.4%
Licenciatura o superior	18.7%
Bachillerato o superior	87.8%
Trabaja desde casa	5.4%
Conduce solo al trabajo	80.2%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	13.8%

Salud

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

Obesidad	37.7% 4.3 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11.9% same as the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15.3% 2.1 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	38.7% 4.6 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	19.1% 1.2 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	10.3% 1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	24.4% 2.5 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	24% 1.4 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	29.6% 4.5 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	16% same as the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	76.9% 2.2 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	9.5% 1.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.2% same as the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	7.5% 1.3 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	79.2% 2.5 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	87.5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	14.8% same as the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	67.6% 3.3 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	8% 1.4 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	62% 0.7 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	33.1% 2.4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	21.8% 3 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	12.6% 4.5 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	10% 4.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.7% 2 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	37.7% 1.5 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	10.2% 3.6 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	8.1% same as the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	7.2% 2 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	30.7% 3.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77.1% 1.2 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.2% 0.6 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	14.7% 0.7 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	13.5% same as the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4% same as the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	6.9% 1.9 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	32.7% 3.7 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.8% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	13.3% same as 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	284
Personas empleadas	3,530
Nómina anual	$150,882,000

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 73.6% 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	71.6 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	38.8 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.

Rayos	99Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	98.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	94.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	90.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	84.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	84Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	79.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	69.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	64.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	63.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	63.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	61.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	1.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	0Very 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	$62,399	$69,904	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$27,590	$39,616	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	13.2%	13.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$206,300	$259,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$686	$1,162	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	76.9%	66.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	18.7%	34.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	5.4%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	5.4%	14.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	6%	8.7%	13.9%
Edad media	45.2	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	SPRUCE PINE 2 NE, NC US6.8 km away
Lluvia al año	57 in

Average high and low by month

enero	44.6°F / 23.5°F4.54 in rain
febrero	47.5°F / 25.6°F3.54 in rain
marzo	55°F / 31.8°F5.23 in rain
abril	64°F / 39.2°F5.48 in rain
mayo	71.4°F / 48.3°F5.12 in rain
junio	77.5°F / 56.7°F5.03 in rain
julio	81.2°F / 60°F5.45 in rain
agosto	79.6°F / 59.1°F5.48 in rain
septiembre	73.8°F / 52.9°F5.08 in rain
octubre	65.1°F / 41.7°F3.79 in rain
noviembre	55.8°F / 31.5°F3.85 in rain
diciembre	48.4°F / 26.9°F4.63 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	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	30% 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%.

This ZIP code is served by 4 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Mitchell County Schools	79.6% de la superficie de este código postal
Avery County Schools	14.9% de la superficie de este código postal
McDowell County Schools	3.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Yancey County Schools	2.1% 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	49más vulnerable que el 49% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	69más vulnerable que el 69% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	18más vulnerable que el 18% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	81más vulnerable que el 81% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	7.1 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

28765 Penland, NC	a 4 km
28749 Little Switzerland, NC	a 6.6 km
28755 Micaville, NC	a 12.9 km
28647 Linville Falls, NC	a 12.9 km
28705 Bakersville, NC	a 16.4 km
28664 Plumtree, NC	a 16.5 km
28641 Jonas Ridge, NC	a 17.5 km
28616 Crossnore, NC	a 18.1 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.

Mitchell County	79.6% of this ZIP code's land area
Avery County	14.9% of this ZIP code's land area
McDowell County	3.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Yancey County	2.1% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	71.76 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.05 sq mi
Densidad de población	144 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	35.9060, -82.0705

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.