Asheville North Carolina ZIP Codes

Asheville holds 11 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Asheville

The complete list of Asheville, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP codeCounty
28801Buncombe County
28802Buncombe County
28803Buncombe County
28804Buncombe County
28805Buncombe County
28806Buncombe County
28810Buncombe County
28813Buncombe County
28814Buncombe County
28815Buncombe County
28816Buncombe County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Asheville codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Asheville. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Asheville ZIP code begins 288. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. No other North Carolina community draws on the 288xx range — it belongs entirely to Asheville.

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Area codes covering Asheville

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The code below serves the same ground Asheville occupies.

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Where Asheville's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Asheville ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.
  • Reference points and footprint
  • Not an official NANPA boundary
  • Not a USPS delivery area

Cities near Asheville

The closest places to Asheville with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Arden North Carolina ZIP codes7.5 mi1 ZIP code
Weaverville North Carolina ZIP codes8.9 mi1 ZIP code
Fletcher North Carolina ZIP codes9.9 mi1 ZIP code
Black Mountain North Carolina ZIP codes13 mi1 ZIP code
Mills River North Carolina ZIP codes13 mi1 ZIP code
Montreat North Carolina ZIP codes15 mi1 ZIP code
Canton North Carolina ZIP codes16 mi1 ZIP code
Marshall North Carolina ZIP codes17 mi1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.