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Locust, NC 28097 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 28097: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Locust, NC 28097

Not Acceptable, USPS

Western Hills, NC 28097

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Stanly County
Centroid: Latitude 35.265, Longitude -80.427
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 28097 has segments in 2 Counties (Cabarrus, Stanly).

Businesses Addresses: 280
PO Box Addresses: 327
Residential Addresses: 2,349

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 2,349

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

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28097 ZIP Code Map

Locust, NC 28097 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	5,505
Daytime Population: Workers	1,545
Daytime Population: Residents	2,859
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	4,404
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.80
Population in Households	5,501
Population in Familes	4,762
Population in Group Qrtrs	4
Population Density²	190
Diversity Index³	20

INCOME
Median Household Income	$54,430
Average Household Income	$68,426
Per Capita Income	$26,604

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	2,318 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	1,685 (72.7%)
Renter Occupied HU	454 (19.6%)
Vacant Housing Units	179 ( 7.7%)
Median Home Value	$165,909
Average Home Value	$193,546

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	2,139
Average Household Size	2.57
Family Households	1,601
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	0.98%	0.76%
Households	1.04%	0.79%
Families	0.9%	0.7%
Median Household Income		2.98%
Per Capita Income		3.83%

Locust, NC 28097 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 28097 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.