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28098

ZIP 28098 is Lowell, North Carolina, in Gaston County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston
Population
3,851
Coordinates
35.2711, -81.1008
☼ Live from 28098 — Lowell, NC

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Where 28098 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28098
  • 🔢 Type 28098 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,098 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 223. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28097 (Locust, NC, 40 mi away) and 28101 (Mc Adenville, NC, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28098 becomes 89082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 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, 7,071 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,006 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28098 and you would come out at 35.27°S, 98.90°E — 1,001 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 3.6 square miles of land, 28098 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,851This ZIP3,851
Households1,768This ZIP1,768
Housing units1,887This ZIP1,887
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,000This ZIP$53,000North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$201,500This ZIP$201,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,603This ZIP$1,603North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute21.9 minThis ZIP21.9 min
Population density1,057.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,057.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments76This ZIP76
Employees854This ZIP854
Annual payroll$43,233,000This ZIP$43,233,000
Tax returns filed1,710This ZIP1,710
Total adjusted gross income$107,837,000This ZIP$107,837,000

Land area

Land area3.64 sq miThis ZIP3.64 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 28098

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

ZIP codes near 28098

ZIPCityDistance
28101 Mc Adenville, NC 1.8 mi
28054 Gastonia, NC 2.9 mi
28032 Cramerton, NC 2.9 mi
28056 Gastonia, NC 4.0 mi
28055 Gastonia, NC 5.1 mi
28012 Belmont, NC 5.4 mi
28120 Mount Holly, NC 5.8 mi
28053 Gastonia, NC 6.4 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 7.2 mi
28214 Charlotte, NC 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28098?

28098 is in Lowell, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2711, -81.1008.

What county is 28098 in?

28098 lies in Gaston County.

What area code is 28098?

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

What time zone is 28098 in?

28098 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28098?

About 3,851 people live in ZIP code 28098, in 1,768 households, at 1,057.7 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 28098?

$53,000 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28098?

The closest are 28101 (1.8 mi), 28054 (2.9 mi), 28032 (2.9 mi), 28056 (4 mi) and 28055 (5.1 mi).

Is 28098 a PO Box ZIP code?

28098 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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