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Fountain, NC 27829 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 27829: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Fountain, NC 27829

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Pitt County
Centroid: Latitude 35.676, Longitude -77.638
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 27829 has segments in 2 Counties (Pitt, Wilson).

Businesses Addresses: 37
PO Box Addresses: 196
Residential Addresses: 646

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 646

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

27829 ZIP Code Map

Fountain, NC 27829 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	1,840
Daytime Population: Workers	165
Daytime Population: Residents	1,015
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	1,180
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.64
Population in Households	1,839
Population in Familes	1,554
Population in Group Qrtrs	1
Population Density²	46
Diversity Index³	55

INCOME
Median Household Income	$41,852
Average Household Income	$58,469
Per Capita Income	$24,323

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	914 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	518 (56.7%)
Renter Occupied HU	247 (27.0%)
Vacant Housing Units	149 (16.3%)
Median Home Value	$92,708
Average Home Value	$123,407

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	765
Average Household Size	2.4
Family Households	545
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	0.1%	0.19%
Households	0.05%	0.16%
Families	-0.08%	0.11%
Median Household Income		2.21%
Per Capita Income		2.71%

Fountain, NC 27829 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 27829 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.