ZIP code profile · 2024 county data
ZIP Code 28743
Madison County, North Carolina: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 288
- Property rate /100K (county)
- 2,301
- Population (ZIP)
- 43
- Violent rate /100K (county)
Is ZIP code 28743 safe? Honest data snapshot
ZIP code 28743 sits within Madison County, NC. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.
Madison County reported a violent-crime rate of 43 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 288 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.
Based on just 9 reported violent incidents across a county population of 21,193, this count is too low to support a reliable per-100K rate comparison. It may reflect a genuinely low-crime county, or it may reflect incomplete agency-level reporting to the FBI UCR Program for this county and year, small county-level counts are common in FBI Table 10 and should be treated as a data point, not a precise safety ranking.
With 2,301 residents, ZIP 28743 is among the smaller ZIPs in Madison County (#3 of 3 by population), spread across 123.04 square miles (19/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Madison County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Madison County crime page linked below.
ZIP 28743 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Madison County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.
ZIP 28743 Census context
These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.
- Median household income
- $52,625
- Median age
- 49.7 years
- Owner-occupied homes
- 75%
- Occupied homes
- 994
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).
Madison County UCR book ZIP 28743 inherits
ZIP 28743 itself is about 19 people per Census sq mi across 123 sq mi (2,301 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.
ZIP 28743 accounts for roughly 10.9% of the county reporting population (2,301 of 21,193).
Madison County leans on larceny-theft at 51% of reported offenses (mix index 3,427). ZIP 28743 has no separate FBI offense book.
Madison County 2024 vs 2023: property counts -30% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.
Madison County offense mix (2024)
Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.
Nationwide peers for ZIP 28743
Similar county violent rate (~43/100K)
- ZIP 68371, NE · 42.5/100K · York County
- ZIP 77650, TX · 42.5/100K · Galveston County
- ZIP 36035, AL · 42.4/100K · Pike County
- ZIP 43739, OH · 42.4/100K · Perry County
Similar Census population (~2,301)
- ZIP 73015, OK · 2,301 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 08828, NJ · 2,302 pop · Δ1
- ZIP 29487, SC · 2,302 pop · Δ1
- ZIP 52203, IA · 2,300 pop · Δ1
County detail: Madison County · State atlas: North Carolina
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).
Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.