ZIP 27886 · Tarboro
Who lives in ZIP code 27886 (Tarboro, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Tarboro, NC · Edgecombe County
uszips 2026
People18,381
Median age47.9
Household income$52,850
Home value$135,700
Median rent$843/mo
Poverty19.6%
College degree+19.7%
Commute22 min
Place
- Metro area
- Rocky Mount, NC
- Wider region
- Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 37 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 7,825
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
26.3% are 65 or older; 80.4% are adults.
Household income
24.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $32,165.
Education (adults 25+)
47.2% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
11.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 44.5%
- Never married
- 29.2%
- Divorced
- 16.8%
- Widowed
- 9.5%
- Family size
- 2.87
- Dual-income families
- 39.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 64.8%
- Rent burden
- 34.7%
- Men / women
- 46% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 55.5%
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
- Self-employed
- 8.8%
- Farmers
- 0.6%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 15.8%
- Veterans
- 8.2%
- With a disability
- 20.0%
- No health insurance
- 8.8%
- Limited English
- 1.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.