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28071

ZIP 28071 is Gold Hill, North Carolina, mostly in Rowan County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan +2 more
Population
4,219
Coordinates
35.5175, -80.3159
☼ Live from 28071 — Gold Hill, NC

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Where 28071 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28071
  • 🔢 Type 28071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,071 = 3 × 3 × 3119. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28070 (Huntersville, NC, 31 mi away) and 28072 (Granite Quarry, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28071 becomes 17082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Port Royal, PA, 378 miles away.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87021 in Milan, NM, 1,548 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,040 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28071 and you would come out at 35.52°S, 99.68°E — 960 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 48.8 square miles of land, 28071 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,219This ZIP4,219
Households1,572This ZIP1,572
Housing units1,793This ZIP1,793
Median age38.4This ZIP38.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$93,354This ZIP$93,354North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$283,100This ZIP$283,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$841This ZIP$841North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Mean commute29.7 minThis ZIP29.7 min
Population density86.4 / sq miThis ZIP86.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees472This ZIP472
Annual payroll$27,018,000This ZIP$27,018,000
Tax returns filed1,370This ZIP1,370
Total adjusted gross income$98,369,000This ZIP$98,369,000

Land area

Land area48.84 sq miThis ZIP48.84 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 28071 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Rowan County 66.8%
Cabarrus County 26.6%
Stanly County 6.5%

Other place names in 28071

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ZIP codes near 28071

ZIPCityDistance
28109 Misenheimer, NC 3.1 mi
28137 Richfield, NC 3.5 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 6.8 mi
28146 Salisbury, NC 8.4 mi
28041 Faith, NC 9.6 mi
28127 New London, NC 9.6 mi
28124 Mount Pleasant, NC 9.6 mi
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 9.7 mi
27351 Southmont, NC 10.2 mi
28039 East Spencer, NC 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28071?

28071 is in Gold Hill, North Carolina, in Rowan County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5175, -80.3159.

What county is 28071 in?

28071 spans 3 counties: Rowan County, Cabarrus County and Stanly County. Most of it falls in Rowan 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 time zone is 28071 in?

28071 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28071?

About 4,219 people live in ZIP code 28071, in 1,572 households, at 86.4 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 28071?

$93,354 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28071?

The closest are 28109 (3.1 mi), 28137 (3.5 mi), 28138 (6.8 mi), 28146 (8.4 mi) and 28041 (9.6 mi).

Is 28071 a PO Box ZIP code?

28071 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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