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28089

ZIP 28089 is Lattimore, North Carolina, in Cleveland County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cleveland
Population
167
Coordinates
35.3203, -81.6607
☼ Live from 28089 — Lattimore, NC

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Where 28089 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28089
  • 🔢 Type 28089 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,089 = 3 × 3 × 3121. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28088 (Landis, NC, 61 mi away) and 28090 (Lawndale, NC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28089 becomes 98082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mill Creek, WA, 2,236 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02889, 02898, 08829, 09828, 09882, 20889, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09882 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,092 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯976 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28089 and you would come out at 35.32°S, 98.34°E — 1,033 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 0.417 square miles of land, 28089 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 202 football fields.
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People and housing

Population167This ZIP167
Households18This ZIP18
Housing units30This ZIP30
Median age19.7This ZIP19.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$75,000This ZIP$75,000North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$187,500This ZIP$187,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher33.3%This ZIP33.3%
Population density400.5 / sq miThis ZIP400.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees104This ZIP104
Annual payroll$1,455,000This ZIP$1,455,000

Land area

Land area0.42 sq miThis ZIP0.42 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28089

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

ZIP codes near 28089

ZIPCityDistance
28150 Shelby, NC 5.0 mi
28017 Boiling Springs, NC 5.1 mi
28152 Shelby, NC 6.7 mi
28136 Polkville, NC 7.0 mi
28040 Ellenboro, NC 7.1 mi
28151 Shelby, NC 7.3 mi
28114 Mooresboro, NC 7.9 mi
28019 Caroleen, NC 7.9 mi
28076 Henrietta, NC 8.0 mi
28024 Cliffside, NC 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28089?

28089 is in Lattimore, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, part of the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3203, -81.6607.

What county is 28089 in?

28089 lies in Cleveland County.

What area code is 28089?

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

What time zone is 28089 in?

28089 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28089?

About 167 people live in ZIP code 28089, in 18 households, at 400.5 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 28089?

$75,000 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28089?

The closest are 28150 (5 mi), 28017 (5.1 mi), 28152 (6.7 mi), 28136 (7 mi) and 28040 (7.1 mi).

Is 28089 a PO Box ZIP code?

28089 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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