Código postal 28906 — Murphy, NC

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El código postal 28906 cubre Murphy, North Carolina, con una población de unos 19,712 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $52,669.

Población: 19,71259 per square mile
Edad media: 56.117.4 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $52,66925% below the North Carolina median
Tasa de pobreza: 12.4%about the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $279,159up 29.4% in five years
Alquiler medio: $87225% below the North Carolina median
Título universitario o superior: 24.4%10.6 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 84%19 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 471

Dónde está 28906

Murphy, 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	19,712
Edad media	56.1
Hogares familiares	64.3%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	2.5%
Blanca (no hispana)	91.5%
Negra (no hispana)	1.1%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.3%
Hispana o latina	3.8%
Veteranos	11.7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$52,669
Ingreso por persona	$32,264
Tasa de pobreza	12.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	10.2%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	5.2%
$10–15k	6.8%
$15–20k	4.5%
$20–25k	4.0%
$25–30k	5.9%
$30–35k	4.5%
$35–40k	5.4%
$40–45k	6.8%
$45–50k	4.5%
$50–60k	8.2%
$60–75k	10.4%
$75–100k	12.3%
$100–125k	8.2%
$125–150k	5.3%
$150–200k	4.1%
$200k or more	3.9%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	9,060
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$58,192
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	2.9%
Returns, under $25k	34.0%
Returns, $25k–$50k	25.6%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.6%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	12.8%
Returns, $200k or more	2.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$219,800
Alquiler bruto medio	$872
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	27.8%
Ocupada por su propietario	84%
Viviendas vacías	31.2%
Año medio de construcción	1996

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	79.7%
Casa adosada	0.4%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	2.4%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	0.4%
20 o más viviendas	0.2%
Casa móvil	16.4%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.3%

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	$279,159as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 0%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 29.4%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 112.2%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$135,958 in 2009 to $279,159 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4%
Licenciatura o superior	24.4%
Bachillerato o superior	91.8%
Trabaja desde casa	11.4%
Conduce solo al trabajo	75.8%
Usa el transporte público	0.4%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	12.7%

Salud

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

Obesidad	34.5% 1.1 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	14.9% 2.9 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15.5% 2.3 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	44.5% 10.4 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)	8.5% 2.8 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	25.5% 3.6 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	26.2% 0.8 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	36.9% 11.8 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	12.9% 3.1 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	82.5% 7.8 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	12.2% 4.5 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.9% 0.5 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	10% 3.8 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	83.1% 6.4 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	90.3% 4.4 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	14.6% same as the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	70.1% 5.8 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	10.6% 4 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	63.5% 2.2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	36.7% 6 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	20% 4.8 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	12.4% 4.7 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	10.6% 3.7 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	11% 4.3 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	43.5% 7.3 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	8.9% 4.9 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	9.2% 0.8 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	6.9% 2.3 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	29.7% 4.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77.2% 1.3 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	15.6% 1.2 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	18.9% 4.9 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	15.4% 1.9 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.8% 0.8 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	6.3% 2.5 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	30.5% 5.9 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.9% 1.5 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	15.7% 2.7 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	471
Personas empleadas	5,855
Nómina anual	$225,384,000

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 65.5% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively Moderate en los 10 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	51.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	6.1 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	98.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	92.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	81.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	81.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	78.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	75.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	72.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	71.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	71.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	67.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	55.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	48.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	22.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	2.2Very 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	$52,669	$69,904	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$32,264	$39,616	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	12.4%	13.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$219,800	$259,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$872	$1,162	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	84%	66.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	24.4%	34.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	11.4%	14.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.5%	8.7%	13.9%
Edad media	56.1	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	MURPHY 4ESE, NC US9.2 km away
Lluvia al año	59 in
Nieve al año	4 in

Average high and low by month

enero	49.8°F / 25.3°F5.1 in rain, 0.8 in snow
febrero	53.5°F / 28°F5.26 in rain, 1.5 in snow
marzo	61.6°F / 33.8°F5.29 in rain, 0.1 in snow
abril	70.8°F / 41.2°F5.2 in rain
mayo	77.5°F / 50.7°F4.75 in rain
junio	83.5°F / 59.2°F5.41 in rain
julio	86.6°F / 63.2°F5.25 in rain
agosto	86°F / 62.3°F4.7 in rain
septiembre	81.3°F / 55.8°F4.28 in rain
octubre	71.8°F / 43.3°F3.45 in rain
noviembre	61.4°F / 32.8°F4.6 in rain, 0.1 in snow
diciembre	52.7°F / 28.4°F5.99 in rain, 1.9 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	22% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	9% 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%.

Cherokee 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	36más vulnerable que el 36% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	47más vulnerable que el 47% 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	10más vulnerable que el 10% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	33más vulnerable que el 33% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.5 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

28905 Marble, NC	a 9.3 km
28902 Brasstown, NC	a 13.9 km
28909 Warne, NC	a 18.8 km
28903 Culberson, NC	a 19.4 km
28901 Andrews, NC	a 20.9 km
30582 Young Harris, GA	a 24.6 km
28904 Hayesville, NC	a 25 km
37333 Farner, TN	a 25.7 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.

Cherokee County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Clay County	0% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	333.37 sq mi
Superficie de agua	11.12 sq mi
Densidad de población	59 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	35.1312, -84.0388

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.