ZIP 28619 · Drexel
Who lives in ZIP code 28619 (Drexel, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Drexel, NC · Burke County
uszips 2026
People487
Median age59.9
Household income$34,881
Home value$198,925
Median rent$759/mo
Poverty9.4%
College degree+10.0%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
- Wider region
- Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 398 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 216
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
29.6% are 65 or older; 90.3% are adults.
Household income
1.4% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $22,625.
Education (adults 25+)
15.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 24.0%
- Never married
- 38.7%
- Divorced
- 25.1%
- Widowed
- 12.3%
- Family size
- 2.59
- Dual-income families
- 36.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 51.9%
- Rent burden
- 40.5%
- Men / women
- 40% / 60%
Work
- In labor force
- 41.8%
- Unemployment
- 28.3%
- Self-employed
- 9.5%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 14.3%
- Veterans
- 5.0%
- With a disability
- 37.4%
- No health insurance
- 10.5%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.