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28020

ZIP 28020 is Casar, North Carolina, mostly in Cleveland County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cleveland +1 more
Population
2,240
Coordinates
35.5241, -81.6432
☼ Live from 28020 — Casar, NC

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Where 28020 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28020
  • 🔢 Type 28020 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,020 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 467. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28019 (Caroleen, NC, 19 mi away) and 28021 (Cherryville, NC, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28020 becomes 02082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00822, 02802, 08022, 08202, 08220, 20082, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00822 in Christiansted, VI, 1,608 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯971 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28020 and you would come out at 35.52°S, 98.36°E — 1,034 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 46.3 square miles of land, 28020 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,240This ZIP2,240
Households855This ZIP855
Housing units1,015This ZIP1,015
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,978This ZIP$59,978North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$188,700This ZIP$188,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$785This ZIP$785North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.4%This ZIP17.4%
Mean commute37.2 minThis ZIP37.2 min
Population density48.4 / sq miThis ZIP48.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees67This ZIP67
Annual payroll$2,340,000This ZIP$2,340,000
Tax returns filed1,030This ZIP1,030
Total adjusted gross income$55,857,000This ZIP$55,857,000

Land area

Land area46.28 sq miThis ZIP46.28 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 28020 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cleveland County 87.1%
Rutherford County 12.9%

Other place names in 28020

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

ZIP codes near 28020

ZIPCityDistance
28090 Lawndale, NC 6.7 mi
28136 Polkville, NC 7.2 mi
28018 Bostic, NC 9.3 mi
28042 Fallston, NC 10.4 mi
28612 Connelly Springs, NC 10.6 mi
28040 Ellenboro, NC 11.1 mi
28168 Vale, NC 12.4 mi
28150 Shelby, NC 13.1 mi
28089 Lattimore, NC 14.1 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28020?

28020 is in Casar, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, part of the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5241, -81.6432.

What county is 28020 in?

28020 spans 2 counties: Cleveland County and Rutherford County. Most of it falls in Cleveland 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 28020?

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

What time zone is 28020 in?

28020 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28020?

About 2,240 people live in ZIP code 28020, in 855 households, at 48.4 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 28020?

$59,978 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28020?

The closest are 28090 (6.7 mi), 28136 (7.2 mi), 28018 (9.3 mi), 28042 (10.4 mi) and 28612 (10.6 mi).

Is 28020 a PO Box ZIP code?

28020 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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