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Harnett County · North Carolina

ZIP code 28368

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 28368 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
115

ZCTA residents

Median income
$76,354

Household, past 12 months

Median home
—

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
4.75%

North Carolina state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 28368 sits in Harnett County, North Carolina and is home to 115 people. Median household income is $76,354, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. 86.1% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4.75% (North Carolina state rate).

County
Harnett County

FIPS 37085

State
North Carolina (NC)

853 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 28368

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
115ZIP 28368 residents
Median household income
$76,354Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
—Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
56.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
86.1%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 28368 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 28368 is a very small community in Harnett County, North Carolina, with 115 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #804 of 853 ranked by population — larger than 5% of them. The median age here is 56.5 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 ZIP 28368 earn a median of $76,354 a year, 2.8% below the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 28368 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 86.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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 56.5 puts ZIP 28368 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 115 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 28368 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld home value, gross rent for ZIP 28368 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.

Reading ZIP 28368 in context

How 28368 sits inside Harnett County and North Carolina.

ZIP 28368 is tabulated inside Harnett County, North Carolina, one of 11 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 853 across North Carolina. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 28368 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 28368 reports a median household income of $76,354, 11% above the $68,878 county median, and 22% above the $62,646 typical NC ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

North Carolina charges 4.75% statewide, and local governments overlapping 28368 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 28368 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 28368

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
4.75%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$5Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$48Before any exemptions

North Carolina levies 4.75% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
—20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
9.6%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 28368 compares

ZIP 28368 against the median ZIP in Harnett County and across North Carolina.

MeasureZIP 28368County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$76,354$68,878$62,646+22%
Median home value—$211,800$203,100—
Median gross rent—$1,008$941—
Population1157,9855,300-98%

Medians are computed across the 11 ZIP areas in Harnett County and the 853 ZIP areas in North Carolina.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 853 North Carolina ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 75% of 766 state ZIPs

#194
Home value

Not published

—
Population

larger than 6% of 853 state ZIPs

#804

Comparable ZIP codes

North Carolina ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
27916Currituck County$76,341$366,500—
28772Transylvania County$76,165$257,500$965
27524Johnston County$76,141$210,900$1,011
28124Cabarrus County$76,600$267,500$1,078
28080Lincoln County$76,054$231,300$1,135
27583Person County$76,659$253,800$817

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Harnett County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Harnett County, North Carolina.

ZIP 28368 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 28368?
ZIP 28368 lies mostly in Harnett County, North Carolina. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 28368?
North Carolina charges 4.75% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 28368 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical North Carolina ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 28368, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.