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28006

ZIP 28006 is Alexis, North Carolina, mostly in Gaston County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston +1 more
Population
1,518
Coordinates
35.4104, -81.0920
☼ Live from 28006 — Alexis, NC

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Where 28006 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28006
  • 🔢 Type 28006 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,006 = 2 × 11 × 19 × 67. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28002 (Albemarle, NC, 50 mi away) and 28007 (Ansonville, NC, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28006 becomes 60082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Techny, IL, 588 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00682, 02806, 02860, 06028, 06082, 06280, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86002 in Flagstaff, AZ, 1,716 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,003 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28006 and you would come out at 35.41°S, 98.91°E — 1,002 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 4.6 square miles of land, 28006 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,518This ZIP1,518
Households596This ZIP596
Housing units625This ZIP625
Median age33.7This ZIP33.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$51,932This ZIP$51,932North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$234,600This ZIP$234,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher19.4%This ZIP19.4%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density329.7 / sq miThis ZIP329.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees89This ZIP89
Annual payroll$4,274,000This ZIP$4,274,000
Tax returns filed550This ZIP550
Total adjusted gross income$36,963,000This ZIP$36,963,000

Land area

Land area4.60 sq miThis ZIP4.60 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 28006 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Gaston County 51.5%
Lincoln County 48.5%

Other place names in 28006

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 28006

ZIPCityDistance
28080 Iron Station, NC 3.3 mi
28164 Stanley, NC 3.4 mi
28077 High Shoals, NC 6.2 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 6.3 mi
28120 Mount Holly, NC 6.8 mi
28037 Denver, NC 7.2 mi
28098 Lowell, NC 9.6 mi
28093 Lincolnton, NC 9.8 mi
28055 Gastonia, NC 10.3 mi
28092 Lincolnton, NC 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28006?

28006 is in Alexis, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4104, -81.0920.

What county is 28006 in?

28006 spans 2 counties: Gaston County and Lincoln County. Most of it falls in Gaston County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 28006?

Alexis uses area codes 980 and 704, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28006 in?

28006 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28006?

About 1,518 people live in ZIP code 28006, in 596 households, at 329.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 28006?

$51,932 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28006?

The closest are 28080 (3.3 mi), 28164 (3.4 mi), 28077 (6.2 mi), 28034 (6.3 mi) and 28120 (6.8 mi).

Is 28006 a PO Box ZIP code?

28006 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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