ZIP code · Bakersville · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28705 — Bakersville
ZIP code 28705 serves Bakersville, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28705Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Bakersville
- County
- Mitchell FIPS 37121
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 36.0286, -82.1711 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 6,733 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 54 / sq mi
- Land area
- 124.2 sq mi (321.6 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $54,350
- Per-capita income
- $33,577
- Median age
- 49.5
- Households
- 2,803
- Housing units
- 3,997
- Median home value
- $202,200
- Median gross rent
- $855 / month
- Congressional district
- NC-11 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
- Area code
- 828Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 28705
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 83°F), coldest Jan (avg low 27°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 48 |
| Avg low °F | 27 | 29 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 54 | 42 | 34 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: BURNSVILLE AG (9.1 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28705
- 8 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 2 supermarkets
- 9 restaurants & cafés
- 2 parks
- 8 playgrounds
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 41 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 7 gas stations
- 4 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page