| City: | Patterson, North Carolina |
| Names to Avoid: | Happy Valley |
| County: | Caldwell County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:03:21 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 828 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.9886, -81.5588 |
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The surrounding area is rural Caldwell County terrain between Happy Valley and the Blue Ridge foothills. Most residents live in unincorporated areas reached by rural carrier routes. The post office serves as the mailing address for 25 businesses despite the ZIP's small footprint. This isn't unusual for mountain communities where a post office serves a wider area than its formal boundaries suggest.
Only one street appears in the postal database. Roby Martin Road's presence with carrier route service suggests rural delivery continues from the neighboring ZIP rather than originating in Patterson itself.
ZIP Code 28661 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 67 people with an annual payroll of $3,033,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 226Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $762,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,033,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 67Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28661 is located in Caldwell County, North Carolina, within the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 25860) and North Carolina's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 365,497 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 28661. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 25860Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 365,497Source: Census |
| MSA: | Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3571.86 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 28661 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.