ZIP 27557 · Middlesex
Who lives in ZIP code 27557 (Middlesex, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Middlesex, NC · Nash County
uszips 2026
People8,657
Median age40.7
Household income$71,541
Home value$198,876
Median rent$845/mo
Poverty9.6%
College degree+20.2%
Commute36 min
Place
- Metro area
- Rocky Mount, NC
- Wider region
- Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 50 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,992
Spans 4 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
11.9% are 65 or older; 77.6% are adults.
Household income
36.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $42,766.
Education (adults 25+)
45.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
24.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.7%
- Never married
- 27.2%
- Divorced
- 10.7%
- Widowed
- 6.4%
- Family size
- 3.34
- Dual-income families
- 57.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 75.0%
- Rent burden
- 19.8%
- Men / women
- 52% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 66.1%
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
- Self-employed
- 11.9%
- Farmers
- 1.2%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 14.9%
- Veterans
- 5.9%
- With a disability
- 14.6%
- No health insurance
- 16.1%
- Limited English
- 1.8%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.