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28037

ZIP 28037 is Denver, North Carolina, mostly in Lincoln County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lincoln +1 more
Population
28,768
Coordinates
35.4955, -81.0185
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Where 28037 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28037
  • 🔢 Type 28037 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,037 = 23 × 23 × 53. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28036 (Davidson, NC, 13 mi away) and 28038 (Earl, NC, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28037 becomes 73082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rush Springs, OK, 954 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02738, 02783, 02837, 02873, 03278, 03287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83720 in Boise, ID, 1,940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,004 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28037 and you would come out at 35.50°S, 98.98°E — 999 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 44.7 square miles of land, 28037 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,768This ZIP28,768
Households11,485This ZIP11,485
Housing units12,553This ZIP12,553
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$111,703This ZIP$111,703North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$491,900This ZIP$491,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$898This ZIP$898North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.3%This ZIP46.3%
Mean commute32.4 minThis ZIP32.4 min
Population density643.2 / sq miThis ZIP643.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments936This ZIP936
Employees8,726This ZIP8,726
Annual payroll$385,637,000This ZIP$385,637,000
Tax returns filed14,480This ZIP14,480
Total adjusted gross income$1,915,714,000This ZIP$1,915,714,000

Land area

Land area44.72 sq miThis ZIP44.72 sq mi
Water area8.64 sq miThis ZIP8.64 sq mi

Counties 28037 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lincoln County 89.2%
Catawba County 10.8%

Other place names in 28037

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ZIP codes near 28037

ZIPCityDistance
28080 Iron Station, NC 5.6 mi
28682 Terrell, NC 7.1 mi
28031 Cornelius, NC 7.2 mi
28006 Alexis, NC 7.2 mi
28164 Stanley, NC 7.4 mi
28673 Sherrills Ford, NC 8.5 mi
28117 Mooresville, NC 8.9 mi
28650 Maiden, NC 9.5 mi
28035 Davidson, NC 9.6 mi
28123 Mount Mourne, NC 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28037?

28037 is in Denver, North Carolina, in Lincoln County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4955, -81.0185.

What county is 28037 in?

28037 spans 2 counties: Lincoln County and Catawba County. Most of it falls in Lincoln 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 28037?

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

What time zone is 28037 in?

28037 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28037?

About 28,768 people live in ZIP code 28037, in 11,485 households, at 643.2 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 28037?

$111,703 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28037?

The closest are 28080 (5.6 mi), 28682 (7.1 mi), 28031 (7.2 mi), 28006 (7.2 mi) and 28164 (7.4 mi).

Is 28037 a PO Box ZIP code?

28037 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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