McDowell County, NC ZIP codes

9 ZIP/ZCTAs intersecting this county.

ACS 2023 population

44,679

Median household income

$55,527

Median home value

$168,300

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2019–2023 5-year (vintage 2023). Geography: County McDowell County (GEOID 37111). Methodology

Combined population of ZIP/ZCTAs intersecting this county: 134,348 (9 ZIPs).

Combined population of ZIP/ZCTAs intersecting this county. Each intersecting ZIP contributes its full ZCTA population; overlap percents are descriptive only. This is not the Census county ACS headline above. Methodology

ZIP/ZCTA overlap with McDowell County

Population overlap

Share of each ZIP/ZCTA’s population located within McDowell County, based on ZIP Code Database county-overlap data. This is a population measure, not land-area overlap or the Census county population.

281676.9%
286550.1%
286570.1%
287111.7%
2874966.9%
Directory county
2875299.9%
Directory county
2876192.1%
Directory county
28762100.0%
Directory county
287770.5%

ZIP Code Database county-overlap table, field percent_of_zip_population_in_county, keyed by county_geoid. Not ACS 2019–2023. Overlap vintage is the shipped overlap table and is separate from ACS. Methodology

ZIP codes intersecting McDowell County

ZIP	City	County	Population	Income
28167	Union Mills	Rutherford County	2,217	$42,419
28655	Morganton	Burke County	56,201	$53,464
28657	Newland	Avery County	8,098	$56,371
28711	Black Mountain	Buncombe County	12,579	$69,177
28749	Little Switzerland	McDowell County	94	—
28752	Marion	McDowell County	30,602	$55,036
28761	Nebo	McDowell County	7,884	$68,152
28762	Old Fort	McDowell County	6,305	$52,269
28777	Spruce Pine	Mitchell County	10,368	$62,399

USPS associates these ZIPs with McDowell County

These codes list McDowell County as a primary or acceptable city. They are not used for the ACS headline.

ZIP	City	County	Population	Income
28737	Glenwood	McDowell County	78	—