Misenheimer, NC

ZIP code 28109 is assigned to Misenheimer, NC, and falls within Stanly County. Like every US postal code, it began as a mail-routing device rather than a geographic boundary — the US Postal Service groups delivery routes under a single code so carriers and sorting equipment can process mail efficiently. Today it also serves as a practical shorthand for the area itself: roughly 620 people live inside it.

At 1,076 residents per square mile spread over 0.576 square miles, 28109 reads as a suburban area. It is a sparsely populated postal code, and density shapes almost everything else on this page — how people get to work, whether they own or rent, and what housing costs.

Household earnings are well below the national median. At $28,771, 28109 ranks among the lower-income postal codes, ahead of 1% of them. The US median for comparison is $70,109. Bear in mind that median income describes the midpoint household, not the average — it is not pulled upward by a handful of very high earners the way a mean would be.

Housing in 28109 costs close to the national median. A typical home is valued at $185,700 against a US median of $207,500, and median gross rent runs $672 a month. Ownership dominates: 85.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, which usually signals an established residential area with relatively low turnover.

The building stock is dominated by detached single-family houses, which account for 83.9% of housing units here. The median construction year is 1955, making the housing here mid-century.

The population skews notably young, with a median age of 20.9 against 42 nationally. Households are relatively large at 3.69 people on average, with 10.7% classified as family households.

Getting to work takes 17.7 minutes on average one way. The dominant mode is walked at 46.8% of workers, while 46.8% walk. Commute patterns are one of the better proxies for how a place actually functions day to day.

Beyond addressing mail, 28109 does a lot of quiet administrative work. Retailers use it to calculate shipping and sales tax at checkout. Insurers use it to set premiums, since risk profiles vary geographically. Employers and marketers use it to define service areas. Government agencies use it to route benefits and organise reporting. If you have ever been asked for a postal code by a form that clearly does not intend to send you anything, this is why.

For anyone weighing a move, 28109 offers a compact profile of Misenheimer: 620 residents, a median household income of $28,771, 4.9% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and an unemployment rate of 14.6%. A handful of figures like these answer more relocation questions than most neighbourhood guides do.

One caution worth repeating: a postal code is not a neighbourhood. 28109 may cover parts of several distinct areas, and a single neighbourhood in Misenheimer may be split across more than one code. Boundaries also shift as USPS adjusts delivery routes. Treat the figures here as describing a delivery area, which is what they actually measure.