Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/28021

28021

ZIP 28021 is Cherryville, North Carolina, mostly in Gaston County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston +2 more
Population
13,865
Coordinates
35.4008, -81.4033
☼ Live from 28021 — Cherryville, NC

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 28021 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28021
  • 🔢 Type 28021 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,021 = 7 × 4003. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28020 (Casar, NC, 16 mi away) and 28023 (China Grove, NC, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28021 becomes 12082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Grafton, NY, 664 miles away.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01822, 02128, 02812, 08212, 08221, 10282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81220 in Cimarron, CO, 1,451 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯987 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28021 and you would come out at 35.40°S, 98.60°E — 1,019 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 58.8 square miles of land, 28021 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 28021 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population13,865This ZIP13,865
Households5,570This ZIP5,570
Housing units6,293This ZIP6,293
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,429This ZIP$63,429North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$217,400This ZIP$217,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,010This ZIP$1,010North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.7%This ZIP21.7%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density235.7 / sq miThis ZIP235.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments232This ZIP232
Employees3,061This ZIP3,061
Annual payroll$130,764,000This ZIP$130,764,000
Tax returns filed5,850This ZIP5,850
Total adjusted gross income$374,161,000This ZIP$374,161,000

Land area

Land area58.81 sq miThis ZIP58.81 sq mi
Water area1.05 sq miThis ZIP1.05 sq mi

Counties 28021 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Gaston County 43.6%
Lincoln County 32.7%
Cleveland County 23.6%

Other place names in 28021

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

ZIP codes near 28021

ZIPCityDistance
28169 Waco, NC 3.3 mi
28033 Crouse, NC 4.4 mi
28042 Fallston, NC 6.1 mi
28016 Bessemer City, NC 9.0 mi
28090 Lawndale, NC 9.6 mi
28092 Lincolnton, NC 10.2 mi
28150 Shelby, NC 10.5 mi
28168 Vale, NC 10.5 mi
28151 Shelby, NC 10.6 mi
28093 Lincolnton, NC 10.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 28021 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28021?

28021 is in Cherryville, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4008, -81.4033.

What county is 28021 in?

28021 spans 3 counties: Gaston County, Lincoln County and Cleveland 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 28021?

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

What time zone is 28021 in?

28021 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28021?

About 13,865 people live in ZIP code 28021, in 5,570 households, at 235.7 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 28021?

$63,429 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28021?

The closest are 28169 (3.3 mi), 28033 (4.4 mi), 28042 (6.1 mi), 28016 (9 mi) and 28090 (9.6 mi).

Is 28021 a PO Box ZIP code?

28021 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “28021 ZIP Code — Cherryville, North Carolina (Gaston County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28021

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28021.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.