ZIP 28679 · Sugar Grove
Who lives in ZIP code 28679 (Sugar Grove, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Sugar Grove, NC · Watauga County
uszips 2026
People2,454
Median age45.3
Household income$65,246
Home value$265,397
Median rent$1,014/mo
Poverty15.0%
College degree+35.2%
Commute35 min
Place
- Metro area
- Boone, NC (micro)
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 37 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 952
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
23.4% are 65 or older; 80.2% are adults.
Household income
30.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $36,618.
Education (adults 25+)
42.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 56.1%
- Never married
- 25.7%
- Divorced
- 7.8%
- Widowed
- 10.4%
- Family size
- 3.07
- Dual-income families
- 60.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 87.5%
- Rent burden
- 18.7%
- Men / women
- 46% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 65.2%
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
- Self-employed
- 20.5%
- Farmers
- 6.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 19.3%
- Veterans
- 7.5%
- With a disability
- 15.6%
- No health insurance
- 6.2%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.