ZIP 28698 · Zionville
Who lives in ZIP code 28698 (Zionville, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Zionville, NC · Watauga County
uszips 2026
People2,320
Median age51.7
Household income$54,402
Home value$217,088
Median rent$713/mo
Poverty11.5%
College degree+14.7%
Commute30 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 35 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 966
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.0% are 65 or older; 86.9% are adults.
Household income
27.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $26,226.
Education (adults 25+)
32.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 45.3%
- Never married
- 17.4%
- Divorced
- 32.5%
- Widowed
- 4.8%
- Family size
- 3.16
- Dual-income families
- 39.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 88.2%
- Rent burden
- 34.0%
- Men / women
- 62% / 38%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.2%
- Unemployment
- 0.0%
- Self-employed
- 16.9%
- Farmers
- 4.8%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 16.9%
- Veterans
- 7.3%
- With a disability
- 16.1%
- No health insurance
- 19.2%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.