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28016

ZIP 28016 is Bessemer City, North Carolina, in Gaston County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston
Population
13,109
Coordinates
35.3149, -81.2833
☼ Live from 28016 — Bessemer City, NC

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Where 28016 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28016
  • 🔢 Type 28016 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 103. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28012 (Belmont, NC, 16 mi away) and 28017 (Boiling Springs, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28016 becomes 61082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01826, 01862, 02186, 02816, 02861, 06128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86021 in Colorado City, AZ, 1,773 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯995 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28016 and you would come out at 35.31°S, 98.72°E — 1,012 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 43.0 square miles of land, 28016 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,109This ZIP13,109
Households5,042This ZIP5,042
Housing units5,847This ZIP5,847
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,147This ZIP$57,147North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$222,700This ZIP$222,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$939This ZIP$939North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.9%This ZIP14.9%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density305.1 / sq miThis ZIP305.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments158This ZIP158
Employees2,561This ZIP2,561
Annual payroll$134,532,000This ZIP$134,532,000
Tax returns filed5,850This ZIP5,850
Total adjusted gross income$314,318,000This ZIP$314,318,000

Land area

Land area42.97 sq miThis ZIP42.97 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Other place names in 28016

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ZIP codes near 28016

ZIPCityDistance
28053 Gastonia, NC 4.8 mi
28055 Gastonia, NC 5.7 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 6.5 mi
28052 Gastonia, NC 6.7 mi
28086 Kings Mountain, NC 7.2 mi
28033 Crouse, NC 7.6 mi
28077 High Shoals, NC 7.7 mi
28054 Gastonia, NC 8.4 mi
28169 Waco, NC 8.8 mi
28021 Cherryville, NC 9.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28016?

28016 is in Bessemer City, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3149, -81.2833.

What county is 28016 in?

28016 lies in Gaston County.

What area code is 28016?

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

What time zone is 28016 in?

28016 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28016?

About 13,109 people live in ZIP code 28016, in 5,042 households, at 305.1 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 28016?

$57,147 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28016?

The closest are 28053 (4.8 mi), 28055 (5.7 mi), 28034 (6.5 mi), 28052 (6.7 mi) and 28086 (7.2 mi).

Is 28016 a PO Box ZIP code?

28016 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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