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Kernersville, NC 27284 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 27284: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Kernersville, NC 27284

Not Acceptable, USPS

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ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Forsyth County
Centroid: Latitude 36.116, Longitude -80.092
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 27284 has segments in 3 Counties (Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford).

Businesses Addresses: 1,402
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 23,077

Multi-Family Addresses: 3,420
Single Family Addresses: 19,657

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

27284 ZIP Code Map

Kernersville, NC 27284 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	54,629
Daytime Population: Workers	22,196
Daytime Population: Residents	27,638
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	49,834
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.91
Population in Households	54,465
Population in Familes	45,406
Population in Group Qrtrs	164
Population Density²	690
Diversity Index³	47

INCOME
Median Household Income	$57,199
Average Household Income	$76,185
Per Capita Income	$30,865

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	23,500 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	15,106 (64.3%)
Renter Occupied HU	6,971 (29.7%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,423 ( 6.1%)
Median Home Value	$177,901
Average Home Value	$205,107

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	22,077
Average Household Size	2.47
Family Households	15,266
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood 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.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.91%	1.01%
Households	0.88%	0.97%
Families	0.73%	0.88%
Median Household Income		2.27%
Per Capita Income		2.37%

Kernersville, NC 27284 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 27284 to the other 782 ZIP Codes in North Carolina by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 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.