ZIP 28615 · Creston
Who lives in ZIP code 28615 (Creston, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Creston, NC · Ashe County
uszips 2026
People1,878
Median age48.7
Household income$51,653
Home value$146,328
Median rent$730/mo
Poverty15.4%
College degree+17.2%
Commute33 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 10 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 895
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.2% are 65 or older; 84.9% are adults.
Household income
18.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $29,545.
Education (adults 25+)
57.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
8.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 56.3%
- Never married
- 21.6%
- Divorced
- 8.6%
- Widowed
- 13.4%
- Family size
- 2.54
- Dual-income families
- 46.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 73.3%
- Rent burden
- —
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 60.9%
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
- Self-employed
- 15.5%
- Farmers
- 9.9%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 9.9%
- Veterans
- 12.1%
- With a disability
- 28.2%
- No health insurance
- 9.9%
- Limited English
- 4.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.