
North Carolina · Census place 57020
Robbinsville, NC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Robbinsville, North Carolina (Robbinsville, NC — Census place “Robbinsville town”) is 677 residents, ranking #534 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $17,841, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $350 a month. Looking for the Robbinsville North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Robbinsville, NC: 28771.
- Population
- 677Robbinsville town residents
- Median household income
- $17,841Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $350Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 54.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 38.1%Owner-occupied households
Robbinsville ZIP codes (North Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Robbinsville.
The Robbinsville NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Robbinsville town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Robbinsville town median would spend about 23.5% 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. Poverty affects 36.7% of residents and 38.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Robbinsville town, NC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Robbinsville town is a very small community in North Carolina, with 677 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #534 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 31% of them. The median age here is 54.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Robbinsville town earn a median of $17,841 a year, 77.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 71% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 36.7% 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 Robbinsville town is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $350 a month, 75.1% below the national figure, or roughly $4,200 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 38.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 54.8 puts Robbinsville town well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 677 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Robbinsville town against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value for Robbinsville town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in North Carolina.
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- Roseboro town 1,007
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- West Marion CDP 1,018
- Barker Heights CDP 1,025
- Cypress Landing CDP 1,037
- Rocky Point CDP 1,045
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Robbinsville town?
- Robbinsville town has 677 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #534 of 777 in North Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Robbinsville town?
- Median household income in Robbinsville town is $17,841 a year, 77.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Robbinsville town?
- Median gross rent is $350 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
- Is Robbinsville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Robbinsville town to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Robbinsville town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.