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Albemarle, NC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Albemarle, North Carolina (Albemarle, NC — Census place “Albemarle city”) is 16,527 residents, ranking #63 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $52,825, the median home is worth $186,100 and median gross rent runs $856 a month. Looking for the Albemarle North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Albemarle, NC: 28001.
- Population
- 16,527Albemarle city residents
- Median household income
- $52,825Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $186,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $856Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.7%Owner-occupied households
Albemarle ZIP codes (North Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Albemarle.
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What the numbers mean in Albemarle city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Albemarle city median would spend about 19.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.5% of residents and 57.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Albemarle city, NC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Albemarle city is a mid-size town in North Carolina, with 16,527 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #63 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Albemarle city earn a median of $52,825 a year, 32.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 22.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Albemarle city is valued at $186,100, 38.7% below the national figure and 15% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $856 a month, 39.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,272 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in North Carolina.
- Stallings town 16,495
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- Havelock city 16,471
- Graham city 17,537
- Southern Pines town 16,052
- Morganton city 17,541
- Eden city 15,353
- Hope Mills town 17,823
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Albemarle city?
- Albemarle city has 16,527 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 777 in North Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Albemarle city?
- Median household income in Albemarle city is $52,825 a year, 32.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Albemarle city?
- Median gross rent is $856 a month and the median home value is $186,100, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
- Is Albemarle city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Albemarle city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Albemarle city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.