ZIP code · Forest City · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28043 — Forest City
ZIP code 28043 serves Forest City, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28043Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Forest City
- County
- Rutherford FIPS 37161
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.3250, -81.8460 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 20,896 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 315 / sq mi
- Land area
- 66.3 sq mi (171.7 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $41,746
- Per-capita income
- $26,012
- Median age
- 40.3
- Households
- 8,151
- Housing units
- 9,356
- Median home value
- $176,100
- Median gross rent
- $744 / month
- Congressional district
- NC-14 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8a (10 to 15 °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 28043
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 89°F), coldest Jan (avg low 27°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 52 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Avg low °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 44 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 46 | 34 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: FOREST CITY 8 W (8.1 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28043
- 8 schools
- 1 colleges & universities
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 2 pharmacies
- 6 supermarkets
- 41 restaurants & cafés
- 6 parks
- 3 playgrounds
- 5 gyms & sports centres
- 1 libraries
- 2 post offices
- 40 places of worship
- 8 banks
- 6 gas stations
- 3 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