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28078

ZIP 28078 is in Huntersville, North Carolina, mostly in Mecklenburg County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Huntersville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28070.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mecklenburg +1 more
Population
71,657
Coordinates
35.4048, -80.8665
☼ Live from 28078 — Huntersville, NC

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Where 28078 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28078
  • 🔢 Type 28078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,078 = 2 × 101 × 139. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28077 (High Shoals, NC, 19 mi away) and 28079 (Indian Trail, NC, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28078 becomes 87082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02878, 02887, 07828, 07882, 08827, 08872, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87820 in Aragon, NM, 1,573 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,014 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28078 and you would come out at 35.40°S, 99.13°E — 990 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 63.7 square miles of land, 28078 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population71,657This ZIP71,657
Households27,774This ZIP27,774
Housing units28,874This ZIP28,874
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$120,831This ZIP$120,831North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$473,900This ZIP$473,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,820This ZIP$1,820North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.3%This ZIP56.3%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density1,124.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,124.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,015This ZIP2,015
Employees30,594This ZIP30,594
Annual payroll$1,728,751,000This ZIP$1,728,751,000
Tax returns filed33,790This ZIP33,790
Total adjusted gross income$4,261,341,000This ZIP$4,261,341,000

Land area

Land area63.73 sq miThis ZIP63.73 sq mi
Water area3.73 sq miThis ZIP3.73 sq mi

Counties 28078 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Mecklenburg County 98.1%
Cabarrus County 1.9%

Other place names in 28078

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ZIP codes near 28078

ZIPCityDistance
28070 Huntersville, NC 1.4 mi
28031 Cornelius, NC 5.1 mi
28269 Charlotte, NC 5.9 mi
28035 Davidson, NC 6.6 mi
28216 Charlotte, NC 6.7 mi
28036 Davidson, NC 6.7 mi
28262 Charlotte, NC 9.1 mi
28123 Mount Mourne, NC 9.6 mi
28164 Stanley, NC 9.7 mi
28223 Charlotte, NC 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28078?

28078 is in Huntersville, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4048, -80.8665.

What county is 28078 in?

28078 spans 2 counties: Mecklenburg County and Cabarrus County. Most of it falls in Mecklenburg 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 28078?

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

What time zone is 28078 in?

28078 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28078?

About 71,657 people live in ZIP code 28078, in 27,774 households, at 1,124.5 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 28078?

$120,831 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28078?

The closest are 28070 (1.4 mi), 28031 (5.1 mi), 28269 (5.9 mi), 28035 (6.6 mi) and 28216 (6.7 mi).

Is 28078 a PO Box ZIP code?

28078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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