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28101

ZIP 28101 is Mc Adenville, North Carolina, in Gaston County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston
Population
898
Coordinates
35.2558, -81.0754
☼ Live from 28101 — Mc Adenville, NC

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Where 28101 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28101
  • 🔢 Type 28101 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,101 = 3 × 17 × 19 × 29. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28098 (Lowell, NC, 2 mi away) and 28102 (Mc Farlan, NC, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28101 becomes 10182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01128, 01812, 01821, 02118, 10128, 10281, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81210 in Almont, CO, 1,428 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,008 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28101 and you would come out at 35.26°S, 98.92°E — 1,000 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 0.510 square miles of land, 28101 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 247 football fields.
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People and housing

Population898This ZIP898
Households417This ZIP417
Housing units426This ZIP426
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$111,042This ZIP$111,042North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$364,600This ZIP$364,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,083This ZIP$1,083North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher55.6%This ZIP55.6%
Mean commute28.1 minThis ZIP28.1 min
Population density1,760.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,760.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees120This ZIP120
Annual payroll$4,586,000This ZIP$4,586,000
Tax returns filed360This ZIP360
Total adjusted gross income$40,288,000This ZIP$40,288,000

Land area

Land area0.51 sq miThis ZIP0.51 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 28101

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ZIP codes near 28101

ZIPCityDistance
28032 Cramerton, NC 1.6 mi
28098 Lowell, NC 1.8 mi
28012 Belmont, NC 3.7 mi
28056 Gastonia, NC 3.9 mi
28054 Gastonia, NC 4.2 mi
28120 Mount Holly, NC 5.7 mi
28214 Charlotte, NC 6.2 mi
28055 Gastonia, NC 6.7 mi
28053 Gastonia, NC 7.9 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28101?

28101 is in Mc Adenville, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2558, -81.0754.

What county is 28101 in?

28101 lies in Gaston County.

What area code is 28101?

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

What time zone is 28101 in?

28101 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28101?

About 898 people live in ZIP code 28101, in 417 households, at 1,760.8 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 28101?

$111,042 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28101?

The closest are 28032 (1.6 mi), 28098 (1.8 mi), 28012 (3.7 mi), 28056 (3.9 mi) and 28054 (4.2 mi).

Is 28101 a PO Box ZIP code?

28101 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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