
North Carolina · FIPS 37085
Harnett ZIP codes — Harnett County, North Carolina
Quick answer
Harnett County is home to 136,503 residents with a median household income of $69,012 and a median home value of $220,700. 69.5% of households own their home and 14.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Harnett ZIP code? 11 ZIP code areas fall inside Harnett County, North Carolina, listed in full below.
- Population
- 136,503Harnett County residents
- Median household income
- $69,012Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $220,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,080Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.5%Owner-occupied households
Harnett County, NC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Harnett County is a mid-size city in North Carolina, with 136,503 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 35.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Harnett County earn a median of $69,012 a year, 12.1% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 14.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Harnett County is valued at $220,700, 27.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,080 a month, 23.2% below the national figure, or roughly $12,960 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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.
ZIP codes in Harnett County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Harnett County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in North Carolina
Largest Census places in North Carolina by population.
- Charlotte city 886,283
- Raleigh city 470,763
- Greensboro city 298,564
- Durham city 288,465
- Winston-Salem city 250,887
- Fayetteville city 209,692
- Cary town 176,686
- Wilmington city 118,578
- High Point city 115,263
- Concord city 106,518
- Asheville city 94,369
- Greenville city 88,540
Nearby counties
Other counties in North Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Harnett County?
- Harnett County has 136,503 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Harnett County?
- Median household income in Harnett County is $69,012 a year, 12.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harnett County?
- Median gross rent is $1,080 a month and the median home value is $220,700, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
- Is Harnett County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harnett County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Harnett County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.