ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 28779

Jackson County, North Carolina: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,102
Property rate /100K (county)
18,421
Population (ZIP)
241
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 28779 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 28779 sits within Jackson County, NC, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Jackson County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 241 violent and 1,102 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 28779 is the largest ZIP in Jackson County by population, 18,421 residents (#1 of 9 county ZIPs), across 108.01 square miles (171/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Jackson County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Jackson County crime page linked below.

ZIP 28779 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Jackson County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 28779 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
$53,470
Median age
42.9 years
Owner-occupied homes
65%
Occupied homes
8,214

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 28779?

Within the participating-agency records for Jackson County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 32% below and property crime is 36% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 28779. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 28779 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 9). Its 18,421 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Jackson County UCR book ZIP 28779 inherits

ZIP 28779 itself is about 171 people per Census sq mi across 108 sq mi (18,421 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 28779's 18,421 residents are about 42.7% of the 2024 county reporting population (43,109), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Jackson County leans on burglary at 45% of reported offenses (mix index 3,205). ZIP 28779 has no separate FBI offense book.

Jackson County 2024 vs 2022: violent counts +42% vs 2022; property counts +52% vs 2022. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Jackson 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 28779

Similar county violent rate (~241/100K)

Similar Census population (~18,421)

County detail: Jackson 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.