Housing units in zip code 28043 with a mortgage: 3,185 (222 second mortgage, 681 home equity loan, 683 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,482
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $898
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $282
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
31.8%
Whole state:
16.2%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 28043: Dogwood Valley Golf Club (A), Forest City Municipal Golf Course (B), Westside Rest Home (C), Callison Recreation Center (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 28043 include: Jerusalem Church (A), Morning Star Church (B), Mount Pisgah Church (C), Wilson Church (D), New Bethel Church (E), Crestview Church (F), Avondale Methodist Church (G), Mount Vernon Baptist Church (H), Tanners Grove Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: County Memorial Cemetery (1), Providence Cemetery (2), Floyds Creek Cemetery (3), Cool Springs Cemetery (4), Sunset Memorial Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Isothermal Community College Lake (A), Fraternal Order of Eagles Lake (B), Cone Mills Lake (C), Forest Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Copper Mine Branch (A), Cane Creek (B), Hollands Creek (C), Bracketts Creek (D), Big Spring Branch (E), Catheys Creek (F), Morrow Creek (G), Long Branch (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Year house built
2005 or later: 426
2000 to 2004: 590
1990 to 1999: 1,232
1980 to 1989: 1,767
1970 to 1979: 2,217
1960 to 1969: 1,388
1950 to 1959: 1,409
1940 to 1949: 956
1939 or earlier: 1,047
Estimated household income distribution in 2009:
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 28043:
Less than $10,000: 490
$10,000 to $14,999: 82
$15,000 to $19,999: 148
$20,000 to $24,999: 228
$25,000 to $29,999: 335
$30,000 to $34,999: 266
$35,000 to $39,999: 238
$40,000 to $49,999: 620
$50,000 to $59,999: 620
$60,000 to $69,999: 337
$70,000 to $79,999: 561
$80,000 to $89,999: 620
$90,000 to $99,999: 424
$100,000 to $124,999: 777
$125,000 to $149,999: 564
$150,000 to $174,999: 577
$175,000 to $199,999: 546
$200,000 to $249,999: 438
$250,000 to $299,999: 340
$300,000 to $399,999: 325
$400,000 to $499,999: 160
$500,000 to $749,999: 512
$750,000 to $999,999: 131
$1,000,000 or more: 22
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 28043:
Less than $100: 1,069
$100 to $149: 682
$150 to $199: 730
$200 to $249: 341
$250 to $299: 368
$300 to $349: 647
$350 to $399: 604
$400 to $449: 1,087
$450 to $499: 970
$500 to $549: 494
$550 to $599: 643
$600 to $649: 102
$650 to $699: 148
$700 to $749: 995
$750 to $799: 95
$800 to $899: 57
$900 to $999: 41
$1,500 to $1,999: 320
$2,000 or more: 1,301
No cash rent: 482
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $332,085.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $105,061
Black or African American householders: $81,450
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $213,476
Asian householders: $285,287
Some other race householders: $63,847
Two or more races householders: $147,533
Hispanic or Latino householders: $81,031
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $96,819
28043:
$96,819
North Carolina:
$154,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $62,183 - $146,250
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $127,413
Here:
$127,413
State:
$220,670
Mobile homes: $82,999
Here:
$82,999
State:
$67,987
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,080
One, attached: 411
Two: 987
3 or 4: 879
5 to 9: 1,804
10 to 19: 884
20 to 49: 537
Mobile homes: 2,013
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 198
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 6,047 (81%)
Carpooled: 1,203 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 148 (2%)
Railroad: 300 (4%)
Taxi: 198 (3%)
Motorcycle: 557 (7%)
Walked: 260 (3%)
Other means: 699 (9%)
Worked at home: 438 (6%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 394
5 to 9 minutes: 1,629
10 to 14 minutes: 1,354
15 to 19 minutes: 1,636
20 to 24 minutes: 941
25 to 29 minutes: 418
30 to 34 minutes: 481
35 to 39 minutes: 247
40 to 44 minutes: 322
45 to 59 minutes: 697
60 to 89 minutes: 429
90 or more minutes: 280
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 80.9%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,073
In family households: 17,438 (4,317 male householders, 1,554 female householders)
4,287 spouses, 5,734 children (5,137 natural, 180 adopted, 417 stepchildren), 585 grandchildren, 168 brothers or sisters, 137 parents, 327 other relatives, 329 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,635 (847 male householders (703 living alone)), 1,526 female householders (1,469 living alone)), 262 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 443 (368 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,715 2-persons, 1,256 3-persons, 1,170 4-persons, 504 5-persons, 462 6-persons, 490 7-or-more-persons
2,600 married couples with children.
1,625 single-parent households (432 men, 1,193 women).
94.4% of residents of 28043 zip code speak English at home.
34.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% very well, 22% well, 30% not well, 25% not at all).
8.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% very well, 69% well, 2% not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (89% very well, 11% not well).
12.4% of residents speak other language at home (76% very well, 24% well).
Foreign born population: 698 (3.5%) (40.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
3.5%
Whole state:
7.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Mexico (42%)
Honduras (17%)
El Salvador (9%)
Guatemala (4%)
Germany (4%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Japan (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 370
1990 to 1999: 264
1980 to 1989: 174
Before 1980: 112
Races in zip code 28043:
White population: 15,503 Black population: 3,920 American Indian population: 823 Asian population: 82 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 124 Two or more races population: 785 Hispanic or Latino population: 1,741
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
AG INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED (376 PINE STREET in FOREST CITY, NC)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - -115DA4YG00M29W84AX3X007HFF, WASTEWATER FACILITY, -376, AIR PROGRAM, -2386, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: WOOD OFFICE AND STORE FIXTURES, PARTITIONS, SHELVING, AND LOCKERS; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS Business NAICS classification: INSTITUTIONAL FURNITURE MANUFACTURING.; INSTITUTIONAL FURNITURE MANUFACTURING. Organizations: AGI SCHUTZ MERCHANDISING (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: A G I SCHUTZ MERCHANDISING, A G INDUSTRIES, AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION, INC.
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED J C COWAN PLANT (1181 OLD CAROLEEN ROAD in FOREST CITY, NC)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, WOOL (INCLUDING DYEING AND FINISHING); YARN SPINNING MILLS; BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS Business NAICS classification: BOAT BUILDING. Organizations: MAKO MARINE INTERNATIONAL, INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: Burlington Industries Incorporated J C COWAN plantING PLANT, BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES-J C COW, BURLINGTON IND - J C COWAN PLT, J.C.COWAN FINISHING PLANT, MAKO MARINE INTERNATIONAL INC
A G INDUSTRIES INC (30 PINE STREET in FOREST CITY, NC)
STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: WOOD OFFICE AND STORE FIXTURES, PARTITIONS, SHELVING, AND LOCKERS; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS Alternative names: AMER GREETINGS CORP AGI SCHULT
ARVINMERITOR INC - FOREST CITY (160 ASH STREET in FOREST CITY, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - AIR PROGRAM Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLES AND PASSENGER CAR BODIES Business NAICS classification: MOTOR VEHICLE BODY MANUFACTURING.
BRAD WICKHAM S TOPLAND SERVICE (136 HARRIS LEE DR in FOREST CITY, NC)
STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - -3M05FMYG00KERDM4APN2R5TTG2, WASTEWATER PROGRAM, WASTEWATER FACILITY National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS Alternative names: BRAD WICKHAM'S TOPLAND SERVICE, BRAD WICKHAM'S TOPLAND SERV HA
BUD'S JUNK YARD (700 ROCK CORNER ROAD in FOREST CITY, NC)
STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - -115DA4YG00M69W84AY3W0BDX8Y, WASTEWATER FACILITY National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS, USED Alternative names: BUD S JUNK YARD
CHASE MIDDLE (840 CHASE HIGH ROAD in FOREST CITY, NC)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-326 Organizations: RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
DIVERSE CORPORATE TECHNOLOGIES (291 SHILOH RD in FOREST CITY, NC)
Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: MARTIN BRYSON (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, KENT COVINGTON (CONTACT/OWNER)
BRAD WICKHAM'S TOPLAND SERVICE (MARY KISER'S PROPERTY CHERRY M in FOREST CITY, NC)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Alternative names: BRAD WICKHAM'S TOPLAND SERV CH
BROAD RIVER ENTERPRISES, INC., - DBA TH (394 US 221A HIGHWAY in FOREST CITY, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: WOOD KITCHEN CABINETS
BUTLER AUTO PARTS (584 MCSWAIN RD in FOREST CITY, NC)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
CHAPMAN GRADING & CONCRETE-#2 (NCSR 2102 in FOREST CITY, NC)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL
B & C BODY SHOP (HIGHWAY 74 EAST in FOREST CITY, NC)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: JOHN LENTZ (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 7.7%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Electricity (52%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
Utility gas (10%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
Wood (7%)
Coal or coke (7%)
Other fuel (3%)
No fuel used (2%)
Population in 1990: 25,940. Population change in the 1990s: -5,557 (-21.4%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 16,007
Northeast: 541
Midwest: 692
South: 2,596
West: 223
60% of the 28043 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 663
Here:
19.3%
North Carolina:
9.4%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 216
Here:
13.1%
North Carolina:
8.0%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 642
Here:
29.8%
North Carolina:
19.1%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
KCH SERVICES (144 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE in FOREST CITY, NC; small business) : $347,345 in 8 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Water Purification Equipment, Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Miscellaneous Buildings, Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus, and moreby Army, Air Force, ENERGY, Department of Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $104,847; 2004: $216,584; 2005: $-29; 2006: $25,943.
Biggest contracts:
$113,047 with Army for Water Purification Equipment. Signed on 2004-06-10. Completion date: 2004-07-26.
$99,000 with Army for Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment. Signed on 2004-03-10. Completion date: 2004-05-04.
$36,280 with Air Force for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Miscellaneous Buildings. Taking place in GA. Signed on 2003-05-09. Completion date: 2003-07-25.
$35,987 with ENERGY, Department of for Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2004-08-15.
FULTON MECHANICAL & MACHINE (140 INDUSTRIAL DR in FOREST CITY, NC; small business)
$32,184 with Defense Logistics Agency for Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment. Signed on 2004-09-29. Completion date: 2004-12-28.
CNC WORKS, INCORPORATED (114 INDUSTRIAL DR in FOREST CITY, NC; small business) : $14,337 in 3 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
$5,257 with Defense Logistics Agency for Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings. Signed on 2006-03-06. Completion date: 2006-04-20.
$5,018, same as above.Signed on 2005-03-28. Completion date: 2005-05-12.
$4,062, same as above.Signed on 2005-02-28. Completion date: 2005-04-14.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: