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28083

ZIP 28083 is in Kannapolis, North Carolina, mostly in Cabarrus County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Kannapolis has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 28081 and 28082.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cabarrus +1 more
Population
28,095
Coordinates
35.4918, -80.5822
☼ Live from 28083 — Kannapolis, NC

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Where 28083 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28083
  • 🔢 Type 28083 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,083 = 3 × 11 × 23 × 37. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28082 (Kannapolis, NC, 10 mi away) and 28086 (Kings Mountain, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28083 becomes 38082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02838, 02883, 03882, 08328, 08823, 08832, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83802 in Avery, ID, 1,969 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,027 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28083 and you would come out at 35.49°S, 99.42°E — 975 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 20.0 square miles of land, 28083 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,095This ZIP28,095
Households10,930This ZIP10,930
Housing units12,449This ZIP12,449
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,257This ZIP$66,257North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$224,700This ZIP$224,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,212This ZIP$1,212North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.1%This ZIP21.1%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density1,404.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,404.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments524This ZIP524
Employees5,651This ZIP5,651
Annual payroll$201,520,000This ZIP$201,520,000
Tax returns filed12,060This ZIP12,060
Total adjusted gross income$600,804,000This ZIP$600,804,000

Land area

Land area20.00 sq miThis ZIP20.00 sq mi
Water area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi

Counties 28083 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cabarrus County 75.1%
Rowan County 24.9%

Other place names in 28083

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 28083

ZIPCityDistance
28088 Landis, NC 4.1 mi
28081 Kannapolis, NC 5.0 mi
28023 China Grove, NC 5.4 mi
28027 Concord, NC 7.5 mi
28025 Concord, NC 8.2 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 8.3 mi
28041 Faith, NC 9.4 mi
28026 Concord, NC 10.3 mi
28082 Kannapolis, NC 10.3 mi
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28083?

28083 is in Kannapolis, North Carolina, in Cabarrus County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4918, -80.5822.

What county is 28083 in?

28083 spans 2 counties: Cabarrus County and Rowan County. Most of it falls in Cabarrus 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 28083?

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

What time zone is 28083 in?

28083 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28083?

About 28,095 people live in ZIP code 28083, in 10,930 households, at 1,404.9 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 28083?

$66,257 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28083?

The closest are 28088 (4.1 mi), 28081 (5 mi), 28023 (5.4 mi), 28027 (7.5 mi) and 28025 (8.2 mi).

Is 28083 a PO Box ZIP code?

28083 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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