ZIP 28741 · Highlands
Who lives in ZIP code 28741 (Highlands, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Highlands, NC · Macon County
uszips 2026
People4,257
Median age63.0
Household income$70,392
Home value$629,512
Median rent$836/mo
Poverty7.9%
College degree+50.7%
Commute16 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 18 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,336
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
44.4% are 65 or older; 91.2% are adults.
Household income
37.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $43,758.
Education (adults 25+)
46.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 58.6%
- Never married
- 21.0%
- Divorced
- 15.2%
- Widowed
- 5.1%
- Family size
- 2.25
- Dual-income families
- 29.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 75.3%
- Rent burden
- —
- Men / women
- 55% / 45%
Work
- In labor force
- 46.2%
- Unemployment
- 1.5%
- Self-employed
- 23.6%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 33.9%
- Veterans
- 7.8%
- With a disability
- 10.4%
- No health insurance
- 19.6%
- Limited English
- 1.1%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.