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28088

ZIP 28088 is Landis, North Carolina, in Rowan County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan
Population
3,054
Coordinates
35.5444, -80.6146
☼ Live from 28088 — Landis, NC

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Where 28088 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28088
  • 🔢 Type 28088 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,088 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3511. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28086 (Kings Mountain, NC, 48 mi away) and 28089 (Lattimore, NC, 61 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28088 becomes 88082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02888, 08828, 08882, 80828, 88028). The farthest-flung twin is 88028 in Cliff, NM, 1,607 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,024 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28088 and you would come out at 35.54°S, 99.39°E — 977 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 2.8 square miles of land, 28088 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,054This ZIP3,054
Households1,283This ZIP1,283
Housing units1,424This ZIP1,424
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,872This ZIP$59,872North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$243,000This ZIP$243,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher23.6%This ZIP23.6%
Mean commute28.3 minThis ZIP28.3 min
Population density1,076.1 / sq miThis ZIP1,076.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments54This ZIP54
Employees553This ZIP553
Annual payroll$28,197,000This ZIP$28,197,000
Tax returns filed1,730This ZIP1,730
Total adjusted gross income$103,377,000This ZIP$103,377,000

Land area

Land area2.84 sq miThis ZIP2.84 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28088

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ZIP codes near 28088

ZIPCityDistance
28023 China Grove, NC 1.8 mi
28083 Kannapolis, NC 4.1 mi
28081 Kannapolis, NC 4.2 mi
28041 Faith, NC 9.1 mi
28125 Mount Ulla, NC 9.2 mi
28115 Mooresville, NC 9.3 mi
28027 Concord, NC 9.7 mi
28147 Salisbury, NC 9.9 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 10.2 mi
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28088?

28088 is in Landis, North Carolina, in Rowan County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5444, -80.6146.

What county is 28088 in?

28088 lies in Rowan County.

What area code is 28088?

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

What time zone is 28088 in?

28088 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28088?

About 3,054 people live in ZIP code 28088, in 1,283 households, at 1,076.1 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 28088?

$59,872 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28088?

The closest are 28023 (1.8 mi), 28083 (4.1 mi), 28081 (4.2 mi), 28041 (9.1 mi) and 28125 (9.2 mi).

Is 28088 a PO Box ZIP code?

28088 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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