ZIP 28740 · Green Mountain
Who lives in ZIP code 28740 (Green Mountain, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Green Mountain, NC · Yancey County
uszips 2026
People2,158
Median age53.5
Household income$48,214
Home value$225,288
Median rent$972/mo
Poverty16.7%
College degree+18.6%
Commute33 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 10 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,038
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
32.9% are 65 or older; 84.2% are adults.
Household income
25.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $29,506.
Education (adults 25+)
47.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
6.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 69.6%
- Never married
- 14.2%
- Divorced
- 7.7%
- Widowed
- 8.4%
- Family size
- 2.39
- Dual-income families
- 41.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 75.0%
- Rent burden
- 51.6%
- Men / women
- 42% / 58%
Work
- In labor force
- 44.2%
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
- Self-employed
- 12.6%
- Farmers
- 8.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 10.3%
- Veterans
- 8.0%
- With a disability
- 25.6%
- No health insurance
- 4.3%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.