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28072

ZIP 28072 is Granite Quarry, North Carolina, in Rowan County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan
Population
672
Coordinates
35.6132, -80.4423
☼ Live from 28072 — Granite Quarry, NC

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Where 28072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28072
  • 🔢 Type 28072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 11 × 29. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28071 (Gold Hill, NC, 10 mi away) and 28073 (Grover, NC, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28072 becomes 27082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02827, 02872, 07822, 08722, 20782, 20827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87022 in Isleta, NM, 1,477 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,031 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28072 and you would come out at 35.61°S, 99.56°E — 969 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 0.798 square miles of land, 28072 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 386 football fields.
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People and housing

Population672This ZIP672
Households282This ZIP282
Housing units295This ZIP295
Median age32.6This ZIP32.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$93,125This ZIP$93,125North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$306,100This ZIP$306,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$682This ZIP$682North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.5%This ZIP39.5%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density842.1 / sq miThis ZIP842.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees294This ZIP294
Annual payroll$12,591,000This ZIP$12,591,000

Land area

Land area0.80 sq miThis ZIP0.80 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28072

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ZIP codes near 28072

ZIPCityDistance
28041 Faith, NC 2.1 mi
28146 Salisbury, NC 2.7 mi
28039 East Spencer, NC 4.7 mi
28145 Salisbury, NC 5.2 mi
28159 Spencer, NC 5.6 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 6.8 mi
28144 Salisbury, NC 7.1 mi
28147 Salisbury, NC 8.2 mi
28023 China Grove, NC 9.5 mi
28071 Gold Hill, NC 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28072?

28072 is in Granite Quarry, North Carolina, in Rowan County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6132, -80.4423.

What county is 28072 in?

28072 lies in Rowan County.

What area code is 28072?

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

What time zone is 28072 in?

28072 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28072?

About 672 people live in ZIP code 28072, in 282 households, at 842.1 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 28072?

$93,125 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28072?

The closest are 28041 (2.1 mi), 28146 (2.7 mi), 28039 (4.7 mi), 28145 (5.2 mi) and 28159 (5.6 mi).

Is 28072 a PO Box ZIP code?

28072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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