ZIP 27306 · Mount Gilead
Who lives in ZIP code 27306 (Mount Gilead, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Mount Gilead, NC · Montgomery County
uszips 2026
People5,486
Median age50.4
Household income$57,934
Home value$168,042
Median rent$793/mo
Poverty11.0%
College degree+22.1%
Commute30 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 12 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,555
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
26.0% are 65 or older; 83.8% are adults.
Household income
25.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $31,384.
Education (adults 25+)
45.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 49.1%
- Never married
- 26.2%
- Divorced
- 17.1%
- Widowed
- 7.7%
- Family size
- 2.54
- Dual-income families
- 39.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.0%
- Rent burden
- 24.4%
- Men / women
- 46% / 55%
Work
- In labor force
- 52.0%
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
- Self-employed
- 10.2%
- Farmers
- 2.4%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 17.6%
- Veterans
- 5.0%
- With a disability
- 21.3%
- No health insurance
- 6.9%
- Limited English
- 2.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.