ZIP 27024 · Lowgap
Who lives in ZIP code 27024 (Lowgap, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Lowgap, NC · Surry County
uszips 2026
People2,387
Median age54.6
Household income$62,813
Home value$202,599
Median rent$662/mo
Poverty16.3%
College degree+19.8%
Commute31 min
Place
- Metro area
- Mount Airy, NC (micro)
- Wider region
- Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 21 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,078
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
31.5% are 65 or older; 86.3% are adults.
Household income
35.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $34,798.
Education (adults 25+)
43.2% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 53.7%
- Never married
- 25.3%
- Divorced
- 12.8%
- Widowed
- 8.3%
- Family size
- 2.47
- Dual-income families
- 55.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 85.1%
- Rent burden
- 19.5%
- Men / women
- 54% / 46%
Work
- In labor force
- 53.5%
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
- Self-employed
- 13.1%
- Farmers
- 5.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 11.1%
- Veterans
- 12.2%
- With a disability
- 34.3%
- No health insurance
- 8.7%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.