Código postal 28779 — Sylva, NC

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El código postal 28779 cubre Sylva, North Carolina, con una población de unos 17,845 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $54,407.

Población: 17,845165 per square mile
Edad media: 42.13.4 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $54,40722% below the North Carolina median
Tasa de pobreza: 16.4%4 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $335,149up 30.2% in five years
Alquiler medio: $80331% below the North Carolina median
Título universitario o superior: 28.2%6.8 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 66.6%1.6 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 533

Dónde está 28779

Sylva, 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	17,845
Edad media	42.1
Hogares familiares	59.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	3.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	4.1%
Blanca (no hispana)	86.9%
Negra (no hispana)	0.8%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.9%
Hispana o latina	4%
Veteranos	9%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$54,407
Ingreso por persona	$31,241
Tasa de pobreza	16.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	14.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.8%
$10–15k	7.8%
$15–20k	4.3%
$20–25k	4.1%
$25–30k	3.9%
$30–35k	6.6%
$35–40k	6.9%
$40–45k	4.1%
$45–50k	5.2%
$50–60k	7.1%
$60–75k	9.6%
$75–100k	16.2%
$100–125k	7.2%
$125–150k	7.3%
$150–200k	3.3%
$200k or more	1.7%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	7,140
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$64,171
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3.6%
Returns, under $25k	30.0%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.2%
Returns, $50k–$75k	16.7%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k	13.0%
Returns, $200k or more	3.6%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$234,200
Alquiler bruto medio	$803
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	28.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	66.6%
Viviendas vacías	15.4%
Año medio de construcción	1985

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	70.8%
Casa adosada	0.9%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	3.5%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	2.7%
20 o más viviendas	0.5%
Casa móvil	21.3%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.2%

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	$335,149as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 30.2%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 100.3%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$150,095 in 2009 to $335,149 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	3.1%
Licenciatura o superior	28.2%
Bachillerato o superior	93.1%
Trabaja desde casa	5.9%
Conduce solo al trabajo	85%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	10.9%

Salud

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

Obesidad	35.8% 2.4 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	12.9% 0.9 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15.2% 2 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	38.4% 4.3 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	20.1% same as the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	10.1% 1.2 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	26.8% 4.9 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	25.4% same as the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	31.1% 6 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	14.7% 1.3 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	78.2% 3.5 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	9.8% 2.1 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	11% 0.6 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8% 1.8 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	79.8% 3.1 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	87.1% 1.2 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	15.9% 1.1 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	67.6% 3.3 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	9% 2.4 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	61.9% 0.6 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	35.6% 4.9 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	20.6% 4.2 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	14.1% 3 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	12% 2.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	9.3% 2.6 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	38.3% 2.1 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	10.6% 3.2 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	8.1% 1.1 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	32.7% 1.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	78.2% 2.3 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17.4% 0.6 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	16.4% 2.4 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	14.2% 0.7 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.3% same as the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	7.4% 1.4 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	32.5% 3.9 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	14.2% 1.2 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.6% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	533
Personas empleadas	5,628
Nómina anual	$219,099,000

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 80.7% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Very High en los 6 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	76.6 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.

Ola de frío	98.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	98.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	98.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	83.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	79.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	75.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	74Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	69.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	65.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	64.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	60.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	60.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	54.5Relatively 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	$54,407	$69,904	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$31,241	$39,616	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	16.4%	13.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$234,200	$259,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$803	$1,162	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	66.6%	66.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	28.2%	34.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	3.1%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	5.9%	14.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	3.5%	8.7%	13.9%
Edad media	42.1	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 US4.8 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	13% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	18% 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	43más vulnerable que el 43% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	48más vulnerable que el 48% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	43más vulnerable que el 43% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	17más vulnerable que el 17% 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	5.3 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

28788 Webster, NC	a 1.5 km
28725 Dillsboro, NC	a 5.8 km
28723 Cullowhee, NC	a 12.9 km
28789 Whittier, NC	a 13.4 km
28707 Balsam, NC	a 13.8 km
28783 Tuckasegee, NC	a 15.2 km
28736 Glenville, NC	a 20.5 km
28719 Cherokee, NC	a 20.6 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.

Jackson County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	108.01 sq mi
Densidad de población	165 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	35.3481, -83.2031

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.