27024 Zip Code (Lowgap, NC) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,292
Zip code population in 2010: 2,733
Zip code population in 2000: 2,536

Houses and condos: 1,387
Renter-occupied apartments: 126
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 27024: 79.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 44.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 52 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,244 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,014 (0.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 27024:

• High school or higher: 71.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 7.7%
• Unemployed: 2.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 27024:

• Never married: 24.3%
• Now married: 59.1%
• Separated: 1.6%
• Widowed: 5.7%
• Divorced: 9.3%

• 
• • 2,15494.0%White
  • 974.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 291.3%Two or more races
  • 110.5%Black

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 27024, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $48,126 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$48,126
State:	$70,020

Salary/wage: $43,718 (reported on 81.7% of returns)

Here:	$43,718
State:	$58,387

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1229.3% for AGIs below $25k, 3636.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6283.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9935.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 23986.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $604 (reported on 26.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$604
North Carolina:	$1,479

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.0% for AGIs below $25k, 4.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 28.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 42.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 138.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,467 (reported on 11.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,467
State:	$7,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.6% for AGIs below $25k, 17.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 20.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 31.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 140.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$3,120 (reported on 9.6% of returns)

Here:	+$3,120
State:	+$23,652

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 47.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 26.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 376.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,462 (reported on 15.4% of returns)

Here:	+$6,462
State:	+$11,710

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 162.4% for AGIs below $25k, 161.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 52.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 198.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $13,914 (reported on 6.7% of returns)

27024:	$13,914
North Carolina:	$20,247

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 207.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 711.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,154 (reported on 23.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,154
State:	$2,337

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 119.0% for AGIs below $25k, 74.8% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 92.3%

Here:	92%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 90.5% for AGIs below $25k, 96.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 92.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 90.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 90.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 27024, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $35,620 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,620
State:	$54,937

Salary/wage: $33,886 (reported on 82.7% of returns)

Here:	$33,886
State:	$46,336

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 71.5% for AGIs below $25k, 81.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 76.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 76.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $564 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$564
North Carolina:	$1,298

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $740 (reported on 10.2% of returns)

Here:	$740
State:	$6,213

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$467 (reported on 6.1% of returns)

Here:	+$467
State:	+$12,740

Profit/loss from business: +$6,233 (reported on 18.4% of returns)

Here:	+$6,233
State:	+$10,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.7% for AGIs below $25k, 4.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $8,843 (reported on 7.1% of returns)

27024:	$8,843
North Carolina:	$15,575

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.1% for AGIs below $25k, 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $18,959 (25% of AGI, reported on 17.3% of returns)

Here:	$18,959
State:	$23,438

Here:	25.1% of AGI
State:	21.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $2,769 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,769
State:	$4,687

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $5,665 (reported on 17.3% of returns)

27024:	$5,665
State:	$8,823

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 6.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,028 (reported on 29.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,028
State:	$2,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.7% for AGIs below $25k, 1.6% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 62.2%

Here:	62%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 59.6% for AGIs below $25k, 65.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 64.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 60.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 27024, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,888 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,888
State:	$45,376

Salary/wage: $28,509 (reported on 86.5% of returns)

Here:	$28,509
State:	$39,442

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 122.3% for AGIs below $10k, 77.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 87.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 83.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 63.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $583 (reported on 34.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$583
North Carolina:	$1,515

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $10k, 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $982 (reported on 11.3% of returns)

Here:	$982
State:	$4,016

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,742 (reported on 9.7% of returns)

Here:	+$1,742
State:	+$11,152

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,725 (reported on 19.9% of returns)

Here:	+$6,725
State:	+$9,490

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 18.8% for AGIs below $10k, 11.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.6% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $3,125 (reported on 2.4% of returns)

27024:	$3,125
North Carolina:	$2,967

Total itemized deductions: $15,351 (27% of AGI, reported on 20.4% of returns)

Here:	$15,351
State:	$19,464

Here:	27.0% of AGI
State:	22.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 8.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 19.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,536 (5% of AGI, reported on 15.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,536
State:	$4,035

Here:	4.5% of AGI
State:	4.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,184 (reported on 71.7% of returns)

27024:	$3,184
State:	$7,257

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.4% for AGIs below $10k, 4.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,857 (reported on 25.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,857
State:	$1,851

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 74.1%

Here:	74%
State:	62%

(% for various income ranges: 71.9% for AGIs below $10k, 74.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 74.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 77.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 72.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 24351, 28623, 28683, 24333, 27017, 28627.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 1.7% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 200
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 894

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 440 (214 now married, 226 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 27024 with a mortgage: 384 (69 second mortgage, 72 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,221
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $373

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 27024 household income distribution in 2022

• 118Less than $10,000
• 73$10,000 to $14,999
• 88$15,000 to $19,999
• 21$20,000 to $24,999
• 74$35,000 to $39,999
• 25$40,000 to $44,999
• 57$45,000 to $49,999
• 108$50,000 to $59,999
• 29$60,000 to $74,999
• 106$75,000 to $99,999
• 75$100,000 to $124,999
• 180$125,000 to $149,999
• 80$150,000 to $199,999
• 43$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 27024

• 4Less than $10,000
• 18$10,000 to $14,999
• 8$20,000 to $24,999
• 7$25,000 to $29,999
• 18$50,000 to $59,999
• 60$60,000 to $69,999
• 72$80,000 to $89,999
• 25$90,000 to $99,999
• 36$100,000 to $124,999
• 40$125,000 to $149,999
• 96$150,000 to $174,999
• 132$175,000 to $199,999
• 53$200,000 to $249,999
• 133$250,000 to $299,999
• 32$300,000 to $399,999
• 42$400,000 to $499,999
• 33$500,000 to $749,999
• 39$750,000 to $999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 27024

• 5$200 to $249
• 5$300 to $349
• 35$400 to $449
• 54$500 to $549
• 39No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $634.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $248,395

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $209,524 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $112,238 - $293,170

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $248,281

Here:	$248,281
State:	$375,326

Mobile homes: $136,035

Here:	$136,035
State:	$124,933

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,023
• One, attached: 13
• 5 to 9: 16
• Mobile homes: 311

Unemployment: 2.7%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 27024

• 77.0%781Drove a car alone
• 17.0%172Carpooled
• 1.6%16Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 27024

• 225 to 9 minutes
• 29910 to 14 minutes
• 4215 to 19 minutes
• 7820 to 24 minutes
• 325 to 29 minutes
• 21430 to 34 minutes
• 3240 to 44 minutes
• 9945 to 59 minutes
• 10460 to 89 minutes
• 5290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 61.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,292

• Male householders: 633 (145 living alone), Female householders: 453 (117 living alone)

• 584 spouses (584 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 468 children (434 natural, 0 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 90 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 20 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 559 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 36 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 261 1-person, 24 2-persons, 15 5-persons

167 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (7 men, 69 women).

98.0% of residents of 27024 zip code speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% very well, 48% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY (734 FLIPPIN ROAD in LOWGAP, NC)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-302
  Organizations: SURRY COUNTY SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 6.2%

Population in 1990: 5,065.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 1,758
• Northeast: 145
• Midwest: 91
• South: 233

63% of the 27024 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.

98% of the 27024 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 96% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% moved from different county within same state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Construction: Industrial Building Construction (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Residential Care Facilities (20-49: 1)
• Construction: Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors (5-9: 1)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (1-4: 2)
• Wholesale Trade: Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (1-4: 2)
• Construction: Finish Carpentry Contractors (1-4: 1)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 16. The highest number of reported fires - 38 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.3%), and Outside Fires (33.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 27024
• 13549.3%Structure Fires
• 9333.9%Outside Fires
• 3312.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 134.7%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 27024, North Carolina

Most common first names in zip code 27024 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	16	75.9 years
William	13	69.9 years
John	11	73.2 years
Robert	10	70.3 years
Fred	7	77.1 years
Ethel	6	77.5 years
Walter	6	70.8 years
Pearl	5	80.6 years
Ruth	5	73.6 years
Edgar	5	68.2 years

Most common last names in zip code 27024 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Lowe	52	76.0 years
Ramey	24	78.6 years
Hawks	22	67.0 years
Bartley	15	76.1 years
Galyean	13	73.7 years
Snow	12	74.8 years
Smith	12	74.7 years
Doby	12	75.0 years
Goodson	11	71.8 years
Moore	10	82.7 years