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Wilkes County, NC
Zip code population (2000): 1,929
Estimated zip code population in 2007: 2,171



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Houses and condos: 842
Renter-occupied apartments: 121
% of renters here:  16%
State:  31%

2008 cost of living index in zip code 28606: 80.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 40.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 54 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2007:
This zip code:  0.9% ($536)
North Carolina:  1.1% ($826)

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Males: 942  (48.8%)
Females: 987  (51.2%)

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Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $121,822
28606:  $121,822
North Carolina:  $145,700


According to our research of public records there were 4 registered sex offenders living in 28606 zip code in early 2007.

Median resident age:  37.7 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Average household size:
This zip code:  2.5 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 28606, filed in 2005:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,853 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:  $29,853
State:  $45,376

Salary/wage: $27,812 (reported on 87.0% of returns)
Here:  $27,812
State:  $39,442
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 101.8% for AGIs below $10k, 79.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 84.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 79.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 72.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $905 (reported on 30.1% of returns)
This zip code:  $905
North Carolina:  $1,515
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $10k, 1.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $664 (reported on 13.2% of returns)
Here:  $664
State:  $4,016
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$438 (reported on 8.3% of returns)
Here:  +$438
State:  +$11,152
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,748 (reported on 18.6% of returns)
Here:  +$6,748
State:  +$9,490
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.0% for AGIs below $10k, 9.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Total itemized deductions: $14,478 (2% of AGI, reported on 21.2% of returns)
Here:  $14,478
State:  $19,464
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 13.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 18.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $3,703 (5.9% of AGI, reported on 18.0% of returns)
Here:  $3,703
North Carolina:  $4,035

Here:  5.9% of AGI
State:  4.5% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,236 (reported on 71.1% of returns)
28606:  $3,236
State:  $7,257
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.7% for AGIs below $10k, 4.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 17.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,755 (reported on 24.1% of returns)
Here:  $1,755
State:  $1,851
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.9% for AGIs below $10k, 4.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 68.9%
Here:  69%
State:  62%
(% for various income ranges: 62.8% for AGIs below $10k, 69.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 68.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 76.5% for AGIs over 100k)


Estimated median household income in 2007: $38,061
This zip code:  $38,061
North Carolina:  $44,670
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Nearest zip codes: 28624, 28654, 28697, 28665, 28681, 28651.


Percentage of family households:
This zip code:  74.6%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This zip code:  4.4%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Housing units in zip code 28606 with a mortgage: 149 (0 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 144


Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $973

Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $237

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This zip code:  10.1%
Whole state:  14.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This zip code:  3.3%
Whole state:  6.0%

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.3
State:  5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  5.0
State:  4.3


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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:

 

Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 9
  • 1995 to 1998: 71
  • 1990 to 1994: 97
  • 1980 to 1989: 124
  • 1970 to 1979: 187
  • 1960 to 1969: 100
  • 1950 to 1959: 107
  • 1940 to 1949: 26
  • 1939 or earlier: 105



Zip code 28606 satellite photo by USGS


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in 28606:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedrooms: 12
  • 2 bedrooms: 145
  • 3 bedrooms: 397
  • 4 bedrooms: 56
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 13


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedrooms: 12
  • 2 bedrooms: 67
  • 3 bedrooms: 36
  • 4 bedrooms: 6
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0



Vehicles available in 28606 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 40
  • 1 vehicle: 174
  • 2 vehicles: 249
  • 3 vehicles: 123
  • 4 vehicles: 37
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0


Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
  • no vehicle: 28
  • 1 vehicle: 38
  • 2 vehicles: 24
  • 3 vehicles: 27
  • 4 vehicles: 4
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0



Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

Zip code 28606 household income distribution in 2007

Zip code 28606 house/condo values in 2007


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 28606:

  • Less than $10,000: 23
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 11
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 12
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 14
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 17
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 18
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 16
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 30
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 11
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 24
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 34
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 46
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 32
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 81
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 89
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 38
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 47
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 75
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 26
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 27
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 17
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 12
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 1
 



28606 rent paid by renters


Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 28606:

  • $100 to $149: 14
  • $150 to $199: 7
  • $300 to $349: 6
  • $350 to $399: 14
  • $400 to $449: 28
  • No cash rent: 35
 


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $57,032.


Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $144,483
  • Black or African American householders: $121,670

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $125,763 (it was $80,100 in 2000)
28606:  $125,763
North Carolina:  $145,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $0 - $0

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $188,559
Here:  $188,559
State:  $217,106

Townhouses or other attached units: $17,639
Here:  $17,639
State:  $176,568

Mobile homes: $48,428
Here:  $48,428
State:  $45,354


Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders


Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 547
  • One, attached: 7
  • Two: 12
  • Mobile homes: 260
28606 zip code mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 625 (73%)
  • Carpooled: 200 (23%)
  • Other means: 26 (3%)
  • Worked at home: 8 (1%)
 

28606 zip code travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 16
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 20
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 101
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 86
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 172
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 70
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 218
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 50
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 8
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 63
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 15
  • 90 or more minutes: 32
 

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 66.4%


Household type by relationship
Households: 1,735

  • In family households: 1,522 (420 male householders, 96 female householders)
    432 spouses, 477 children (446 natural, 0 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 213 (77 male householders (65 living alone)), 125 female householders (125 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 234 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 190 1-person, 12 2-persons.

319 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (31 men, 55 women).

98.3% of residents of 28606 zip code speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Foreign born population: 8 (0.4%)
(100.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:  0.4%
Whole state:  5.3%

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • Germany (100%)



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 0
  • 1990 to 1994: 0
  • 1985 to 1989: 0
  • 1980 to 1984: 0
  • 1975 to 1979: 0
  • 1970 to 1974: 0
  • 1970 to 1974: 0
  • 1965 to 1969: 8

White population: 1,686
Black population: 218
American Indian population: 2
Asian population: 1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 16
Two or more races population: 6

Zip code 28606 races chart


First ancestries reported:

 United States or American: 298
 Other groups: 271
 English: 135
 Irish: 106
 German: 83
 Scotch-Irish: 67
 European: 47
 Scottish: 42
 Italian: 26
 Dutch: 25
 Polish: 22
 Swedish: 9
 Norwegian: 5



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Public primary/middle school in zip code 28606 not listed on the city page:
  • BOOMER-FERGUSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 179; Location: 556 BOOMER-FERGUSON SCH RD, BOOMER, NC; Grades: PK - 05)

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:

  • BOOMER-FERGUSON ELEM SCHOOL (556 BOOMER-FERGUSON SCH RD in BOOMER, NC)
    STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - DRINKING WATER PROGRAM,
    STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
    (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-308
    National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
    Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
    Organizations: WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
    Alternative names: BOOMER-FERGUSON ELEMENTARY, BOOMER FERGUSON ELEMENTARY SCH, WILKES CO SCH-BOOMER FERGUSON


Median worth of mobile homes: $63,511

Zip code 28606 marital status for males
Zip code 28606 marital status for females


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (38%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
  • Wood (9%)
  • Other fuel (1%)


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

  • This state: 1500
  • Northeast: 19
  • Midwest: 35
  • South: 154
  • West: 11

69% of the 28606 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in North Carolina.

Population in 1990: 2,146. Population change in the 1990s: -217 (-10.1%).

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:




Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here:  0.0%
North Carolina:  8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:  0.0%
North Carolina:  6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:  0.0%
North Carolina:  20.2%


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School Enrollment by Level of School



Class of Workers



Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

  • BAMFORD, NEAL (2102 BOOMER RD in BOOMER, NC): $23,808 in 6 contracts from 2004 to 2005
    Contracts for Guard Services by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army
    Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $11,748; 2005: $12,060; 2006: $0.

    Biggest contracts:
    $6,030 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Guard Services. Signed on 2005-01-06. Completion date: 2005-09-06.
    $6,030 with Army for Guard Services. Signed on 2005-01-06. Completion date: 2005-09-06.
    $5,874, same as above. Signed on 2004-02-10. Completion date: 2004-04-30.
    $5,874 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Guard Services. Signed on 2004-02-10. Completion date: 2004-04-30.


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

  • Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Residential Care Facilities (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
  • Other Services (except Public Administration): Civic and Social Organizations (20-49: 1)
  • Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 3)
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (1-4: 2)
  • Health Care and Social Assistance: All Other Outpatient Care Centers (1-4: 1)

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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


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