ZIP 27030 · Mount Airy
Who lives in ZIP code 27030 (Mount Airy, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Mount Airy, NC · Surry County
uszips 2026
People36,241
Median age43.7
Household income$46,377
Home value$165,986
Median rent$754/mo
Poverty19.1%
College degree+17.8%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Mount Airy, NC (micro)
- Wider region
- Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 82 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 15,338
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.1% are 65 or older; 78.2% are adults.
Household income
21.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $30,103.
Education (adults 25+)
39.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
10.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 50.5%
- Never married
- 24.2%
- Divorced
- 15.3%
- Widowed
- 9.9%
- Family size
- 2.91
- Dual-income families
- 43.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 69.7%
- Rent burden
- 29.4%
- Men / women
- 48% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 57.1%
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
- Self-employed
- 12.8%
- Farmers
- 2.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 14.9%
- Veterans
- 6.2%
- With a disability
- 18.2%
- No health insurance
- 11.5%
- Limited English
- 2.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.