ZIP code · Wrightsville Beach · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28480 — Wrightsville Beach
ZIP code 28480 serves Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28480Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- County
- New Hanover FIPS 37129
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 34.2228, -77.7932 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 2,727 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 699 / sq mi
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi (10.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $165,682
- Per-capita income
- $96,120
- Median age
- 55.6
- Households
- 1,292
- Housing units
- 2,940
- Median home value
- $1,049,500
- Median gross rent
- $1,892 / month
- Congressional district
- NC-7 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8b (15 to 20 °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
- 910Telephone 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 28480
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 90°F), coldest Jan (avg low 36°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 57 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 84 | 76 | 67 | 60 |
| Avg low °F | 36 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: WILMINGTON INTL AP (6.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28480
- 1 schools
- 4 restaurants & cafés
- 4 parks
- 3 playgrounds
- 1 post offices
- 1 places of worship
- 1 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