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La Grange, NC 28551 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 28551: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

La Grange, NC 28551

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
Businesses Addresses: 294
Single Family Addresses: 5,568
Multi-Family Addresses: 23
County: Lenoir County
Centroid: Latitude 35.308, Longitude -77.79
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 28551 has segments in 3 Counties (Greene, Lenoir, Wayne).

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La Grange, NC 28551 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2016)

POPULATION
Total Population	13,499
Population in Households	13,303
Population in Familes	11,157
Population in Group Qrtrs	196
Population Density¹	105
Diversity Index²	64

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	5,275
Average Household Size	2.52
Family Households	3,654
Average Family Size	3

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	5,917 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	3,555 (60.1%)
Renter Occupied HU	1,720 (29.1%)
Vacant Housing Units	642 (10.9%)
Median Home Value	$113,347
Average Home Value	$152,750

INCOME
Median Household Income	$41,227
Average Household Income	$57,838
Per Capita Income	$22,944

GROWTH RATES	2010-2015	2015-2020
	(Compound Annual Growth Rates)
Population	0.26%	0.17%
Households	0.17%	0.11%
Families	0.05%	0.04%
Median Household Income		1.69%
Per Capita Income		1.88%

1) Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
2) The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelyhood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.
Based on Census 2010 counts, the Diversity Index for the United States was 60.6 and it is expected to increase to 64.8 by July 1, 2018.

La Grange, NC 28551 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 28551 to the other 775 ZIP Codes in North Carolina by rank and percentile using July 1, 2016 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.