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28040

ZIP 28040 is Ellenboro, North Carolina, mostly in Rutherford County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rutherford +1 more
Metro area
Forest City, NC
Population
6,961
Coordinates
35.3900, -81.7522
☼ Live from 28040 — Ellenboro, NC

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Where 28040 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28040
  • 🔢 Type 28040 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,040 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 701. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28039 (East Spencer, NC, 77 mi away) and 28041 (Faith, NC, 74 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28040 becomes 04082 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Windham, ME, 833 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00824, 02048, 02804, 02840, 04028, 04082, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84020 in Draper, UT, 1,670 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯969 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28040 and you would come out at 35.39°S, 98.25°E — 1,039 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 67.8 square miles of land, 28040 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,961This ZIP6,961
Households2,844This ZIP2,844
Housing units3,326This ZIP3,326
Median age45.1This ZIP45.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,816This ZIP$58,816North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$169,500This ZIP$169,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$750This ZIP$750North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute25.4 minThis ZIP25.4 min
Population density102.7 / sq miThis ZIP102.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments68This ZIP68
Employees299This ZIP299
Annual payroll$13,247,000This ZIP$13,247,000
Tax returns filed3,100This ZIP3,100
Total adjusted gross income$168,335,000This ZIP$168,335,000

Land area

Land area67.76 sq miThis ZIP67.76 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 28040 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rutherford County 96.1%
Cleveland County 3.9%

Other place names in 28040

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ZIP codes near 28040

ZIPCityDistance
28136 Polkville, NC 6.5 mi
28089 Lattimore, NC 7.1 mi
28018 Bostic, NC 7.4 mi
28019 Caroleen, NC 7.7 mi
28043 Forest City, NC 8.5 mi
28076 Henrietta, NC 9.4 mi
28160 Spindale, NC 9.8 mi
28024 Cliffside, NC 10.2 mi
28150 Shelby, NC 10.4 mi
28017 Boiling Springs, NC 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28040?

28040 is in Ellenboro, North Carolina, in Rutherford County, part of the Forest City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3900, -81.7522.

What county is 28040 in?

28040 spans 2 counties: Rutherford County and Cleveland County. Most of it falls in Rutherford 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 28040?

Ellenboro uses area code 828, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28040 in?

28040 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28040?

About 6,961 people live in ZIP code 28040, in 2,844 households, at 102.7 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 28040?

$58,816 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28040?

The closest are 28136 (6.5 mi), 28089 (7.1 mi), 28018 (7.4 mi), 28019 (7.7 mi) and 28043 (8.5 mi).

Is 28040 a PO Box ZIP code?

28040 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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