ZIP code · Purlear · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28665 — Purlear
ZIP code 28665 serves Purlear, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28665Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Purlear
- County
- Wilkes FIPS 37193
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 36.1964, -81.3528 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 2,708 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 42 / sq mi
- Land area
- 64.8 sq mi (167.8 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $42,347
- Per-capita income
- $23,600
- Median age
- 47.6
- Households
- 1,072
- Housing units
- 1,556
- Median home value
- $165,900
- Median gross rent
- $620 / month
- Congressional district
- NC-5 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7b (5 to 10 °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
- 336 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone 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 28665
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 88°F), coldest Jan (avg low 27°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 49 | 53 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 52 |
| Avg low °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 46 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: W KERR SCOTT RESV (8.3 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28665
- 3 parks
- 1 post offices
- 9 places of worship
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