Median Age by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — North Carolina

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Zip codes along the southern coastal region and select beach communities display notably higher median ages, frequently exceeding 55, consistent with concentrations of retirement destinations such as those near Brunswick County and parts of the Outer Banks. The urban cores of Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and Greensboro contain pockets with markedly lower median ages—often below 30—likely reflecting college-age populations near universities such as UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, Duke, and UNC-Greensboro. The western mountain region presents a mixed pattern, with several zip codes in the Asheville vicinity trending older while surrounding rural areas in the far west skew younger, suggesting demographic variation driven by amenity migration and economic factors.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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