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28086

ZIP 28086 is Kings Mountain, North Carolina, mostly in Cleveland County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cleveland +1 more
Population
29,460
Coordinates
35.2442, -81.3779
☼ Live from 28086 — Kings Mountain, NC

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Where 28086 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28086
  • 🔢 Type 28086 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,086 = 2 × 3 × 31 × 151. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28083 (Kannapolis, NC, 48 mi away) and 28088 (Landis, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28086 becomes 68082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02886, 06828, 08628, 08826, 08862, 20688, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86028 in Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ, 1,601 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯992 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28086 and you would come out at 35.24°S, 98.62°E — 1,016 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 90.5 square miles of land, 28086 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 69 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,460This ZIP29,460
Households10,903This ZIP10,903
Housing units11,718This ZIP11,718
Median age41.2This ZIP41.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$62,414This ZIP$62,414North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$207,300This ZIP$207,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$972This ZIP$972North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.5%This ZIP17.5%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density325.4 / sq miThis ZIP325.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments516This ZIP516
Employees9,892This ZIP9,892
Annual payroll$471,353,000This ZIP$471,353,000
Tax returns filed12,490This ZIP12,490
Total adjusted gross income$767,062,000This ZIP$767,062,000

Land area

Land area90.54 sq miThis ZIP90.54 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Counties 28086 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cleveland County 74.2%
Gaston County 25.8%

Other place names in 28086

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

ZIP codes near 28086

ZIPCityDistance
28073 Grover, NC 6.8 mi
28016 Bessemer City, NC 7.2 mi
28052 Gastonia, NC 8.3 mi
28169 Waco, NC 8.4 mi
28151 Shelby, NC 9.5 mi
28053 Gastonia, NC 9.5 mi
28038 Earl, NC 9.6 mi
29702 Blacksburg, SC 10.4 mi
28021 Cherryville, NC 10.9 mi
28055 Gastonia, NC 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28086?

28086 is in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, part of the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2442, -81.3779.

What county is 28086 in?

28086 spans 2 counties: Cleveland County and Gaston County. Most of it falls in Cleveland 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 28086?

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

What time zone is 28086 in?

28086 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28086?

About 29,460 people live in ZIP code 28086, in 10,903 households, at 325.4 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 28086?

$62,414 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28086?

The closest are 28073 (6.8 mi), 28016 (7.2 mi), 28052 (8.3 mi), 28169 (8.4 mi) and 28151 (9.5 mi).

Is 28086 a PO Box ZIP code?

28086 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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