27551 Zip Code (Macon, NC) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,004
Zip code population in 2010: 1,962
Zip code population in 2000: 2,023

Houses and condos: 1,639
Renter-occupied apartments: 107
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 27551: 80.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 84.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 24 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,062 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,382 (0.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 27551:

• High school or higher: 87.8%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
• Unemployed: 3.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 27551:

• Never married: 30.2%
• Now married: 47.5%
• Separated: 1.6%
• Widowed: 6.5%
• Divorced: 14.1%

• 
• • 1,37268.5%White
  • 35517.7%Black
  • 1055.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1035.1%American Indian
  • 683.4%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 27551, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $62,769 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$62,769
State:	$70,020

Salary/wage: $48,515 (reported on 76.7% of returns)

Here:	$48,515
State:	$58,387

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1184.7% for AGIs below $25k, 3747.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7807.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9210.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11820.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,060 (reported on 34.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,060
North Carolina:	$1,479

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.4% for AGIs below $25k, 24.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 40.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 85.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 276.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,964 (reported on 16.3% of returns)

Here:	$3,964
State:	$7,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 36.8% for AGIs below $25k, 177.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 601.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$10,357 (reported on 16.3% of returns)

Here:	+$10,357
State:	+$23,652

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 210.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2176.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,793 (reported on 16.3% of returns)

Here:	+$5,793
State:	+$11,710

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 50.5% for AGIs below $25k, 46.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 963.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $33,611 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

27551:	$33,611
North Carolina:	$20,247

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 169.5% for AGIs below $25k, 922.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3428.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $34,200 (reported on 7.0% of returns)

Here:	$34,200
State:	$34,549

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 412.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2183.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $8,620 (reported on 5.8% of returns)

Here:	$8,620
State:	$13,360

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 65.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 523.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $8,000 (reported on 7.0% of returns)

27551:	$8,000
State:	$7,586

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 78.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 565.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,217 (reported on 20.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,217
State:	$2,337

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 144.7% for AGIs below $25k, 68.9% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 88.4%

Here:	88%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 88.9% for AGIs below $25k, 87.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 84.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 87.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 90.9% for AGIs $100k-200k, 100.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 27551, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $42,700 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$42,700
State:	$54,937

Salary/wage: $34,552 (reported on 77.4% of returns)

Here:	$34,552
State:	$46,336

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 73.2% for AGIs below $25k, 68.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 56.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 65.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 55.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $822 (reported on 32.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$822
North Carolina:	$1,298

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,423 (reported on 15.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,423
State:	$6,213

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$257 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	+$257
State:	+$12,740

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,482 (reported on 13.1% of returns)

Here:	+$5,482
State:	+$10,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.1% for AGIs below $25k, 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $14,070 (reported on 11.9% of returns)

27551:	$14,070
North Carolina:	$15,575

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Total itemized deductions: $22,671 (28% of AGI, reported on 28.6% of returns)

Here:	$22,671
State:	$23,438

Here:	27.9% of AGI
State:	21.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.9% for AGIs below $25k, 15.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 13.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 17.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $3,959 (reported on 26.2% of returns)

Here:	$3,959
State:	$4,687

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $25k, 1.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $7,067 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

27551:	$7,067
State:	$8,823

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs below $25k, 2.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 5.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 7.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,173 (reported on 26.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,173
State:	$2,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.9% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 44.0%

Here:	44%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 34.2% for AGIs below $25k, 45.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 54.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 57.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 27551, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $34,309 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$34,309
State:	$45,376

Salary/wage: $28,938 (reported on 81.5% of returns)

Here:	$28,938
State:	$39,442

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 104.0% for AGIs below $10k, 73.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 76.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 68.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 64.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 54.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,455 (reported on 37.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,455
North Carolina:	$1,515

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $2,161 (reported on 16.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,161
State:	$4,016

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$9,205 (reported on 10.2% of returns)

Here:	+$9,205
State:	+$11,152

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,483 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	+$6,483
State:	+$9,490

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.2% for AGIs below $10k, 7.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.5% for AGIs over 100k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,826 (reported on 3.0% of returns)

27551:	$2,826
North Carolina:	$2,967

Total itemized deductions: $17,898 (29% of AGI, reported on 31.9% of returns)

Here:	$17,898
State:	$19,464

Here:	28.7% of AGI
State:	22.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 15.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 17.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 18.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 21.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $3,301 (5% of AGI, reported on 29.5% of returns)

Here:	$3,301
State:	$4,035

Here:	5.1% of AGI
State:	4.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $4,580 (reported on 69.2% of returns)

27551:	$4,580
State:	$7,257

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.3% for AGIs below $10k, 3.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $2,046 (reported on 25.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,046
State:	$1,851

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 57.6%

Here:	58%
State:	62%

(% for various income ranges: 47.7% for AGIs below $10k, 58.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 58.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 59.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 79.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 27589, 23845, 27850, 27563, 23919, 27844.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 98
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 756

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 18 (19 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 262 (43 now married, 218 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 27551 with a mortgage: 308 (23 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,271
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $541

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 27551 household income distribution in 2022

• 3Less than $10,000
• 70$10,000 to $14,999
• 1$15,000 to $19,999
• 17$20,000 to $24,999
• 28$25,000 to $29,999
• 51$30,000 to $34,999
• 35$35,000 to $39,999
• 36$40,000 to $44,999
• 18$45,000 to $49,999
• 72$50,000 to $59,999
• 84$60,000 to $74,999
• 154$75,000 to $99,999
• 58$100,000 to $124,999
• 36$125,000 to $149,999
• 19$150,000 to $199,999
• 166$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 27551

• 9Less than $10,000
• 14$10,000 to $14,999
• 19$15,000 to $19,999
• 12$20,000 to $24,999
• 17$25,000 to $29,999
• 14$30,000 to $34,999
• 22$35,000 to $39,999
• 41$40,000 to $49,999
• 19$50,000 to $59,999
• 19$60,000 to $69,999
• 9$70,000 to $79,999
• 10$90,000 to $99,999
• 51$100,000 to $124,999
• 15$125,000 to $149,999
• 32$150,000 to $174,999
• 34$175,000 to $199,999
• 28$200,000 to $249,999
• 18$250,000 to $299,999
• 52$300,000 to $399,999
• 29$400,000 to $499,999
• 191$500,000 to $749,999
• 124$750,000 to $999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 27551

• 8$500 to $549
• 6$550 to $599
• 7$600 to $649
• 18$750 to $799
• 66No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,106.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,294,593.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $254,154
• Black or African American householders: $161,197
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $184,302
• Some other race householders: $302,245
• Two or more races householders: $251,467
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $271,348

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $215,736 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $69,341 - $652,073

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $447,304

Here:	$447,304
State:	$375,326

Mobile homes: $125,609

Here:	$125,609
State:	$124,933

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,077
• Mobile homes: 526

Unemployment: 3.0%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 27551

• 66.6%541Drove a car alone
• 19.3%157Carpooled
• 0.4%3Bus or trolley bus
• 3.7%30Walked
• 1.7%14Other means
• 4.7%38Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 27551

• 15Less than 5 minutes
• 945 to 9 minutes
• 8810 to 14 minutes
• 8215 to 19 minutes
• 10720 to 24 minutes
• 7425 to 29 minutes
• 5930 to 34 minutes
• 7535 to 39 minutes
• 7045 to 59 minutes
• 4260 to 89 minutes
• 3490 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 49.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,004

• Male householders: 429 (129 living alone), Female householders: 428 (137 living alone)

• 393 spouses (393 opposite-sex spouses), 69 unmarried partners, (69 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 412 children (413 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 105 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 110 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 21 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 310 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 266 1-person, 20 2-persons, 13 6-persons

88 married couples with children.
91 single-parent households (91 women).

94.4% of residents of 27551 zip code speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% very well, 16% well, 40% not well, 2% not at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.7%

Population in 1990: 4,044.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 978
• Northeast: 318
• Midwest: 63
• South: 513
• West: 19

66% of the 27551 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.

87% of the 27551 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 63
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• CLARENCE E HARRIS (RR #2 BOX 117 in MACON, NC; small business) : $20,250 in 2 contracts in 2004

  $10,125 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Guard Services. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2004-02-10. Completion date: 2004-04-27.
  $10,125 with Army for Guard Services. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2004-02-10. Completion date: 2004-04-27.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Homes for the Elderly (5-9: 1)
• Construction: Painting and Wall Covering Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Framing Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 27551 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	30	71.7 years
William	22	71.8 years
James	22	72.5 years
Mary	20	74.0 years
Robert	12	78.4 years
Willie	12	72.6 years
George	12	74.0 years
Walter	11	76.6 years
Thomas	11	78.4 years
Annie	8	79.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 27551 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Williams	19	75.2 years
Richardson	19	73.0 years
Harris	18	75.7 years
Thompson	17	76.7 years
Alston	16	76.7 years
Shearin	15	78.1 years
Robinson	12	75.3 years
Spruill	11	79.7 years
Milam	11	75.4 years
Jones	10	72.0 years

Businesses in zip code 27551

• U-Haul: 1