ZIP code · Highlands · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28741 — Highlands
ZIP code 28741 serves Highlands, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28741Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Highlands
- County
- Macon FIPS 37113
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.0705, -83.2160 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 4,266 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 47 / sq mi
- Land area
- 90.3 sq mi (233.8 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $68,874
- Per-capita income
- $66,464
- Median age
- 61.8
- Households
- 2,295
- Housing units
- 6,089
- Median home value
- $596,100
- Median gross rent
- $862 / 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 28741
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 78°F), coldest Jan (avg low 24°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 63 | 53 | 45 |
| Avg low °F | 24 | 26 | 32 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 51 | 41 | 32 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: HIGHLANDS (1.4 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28741
- 1 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 2 supermarkets
- 15 restaurants & cafés
- 7 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 gyms & sports centres
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 11 places of worship
- 2 banks
- 1 gas 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