ZIP codes in Polk County
8 ZIPs touch Polk County, North Carolina. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
8
ZIP codes
5
cross the county line
86,077
people in these ZIPs
100
counties in NC
Most people
Polk County ZIP list
More counties in North Carolina
- Pamlico County11
- Pasquotank County3
- Pender County13
- Perquimans County7
- Person County10
- Pitt County22
- Randolph County26
- Richmond County12
- Robeson County17
- Rockingham County14
- Rowan County21
- Rutherford County18
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Polk County, North Carolina?
8 ZIP codes reach into Polk County, including 1 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 5 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Polk County has the most people?
28792 (Hendersonville) has about 36,645 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Polk County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Polk County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Polk County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from