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28120

ZIP 28120 is Mount Holly, North Carolina, in Gaston County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston
Population
25,805
Coordinates
35.3286, -81.0264
☼ Live from 28120 — Mount Holly, NC

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Where 28120 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28120
  • 🔢 Type 28120 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 19 × 37. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28119 (Morven, NC, 66 mi away) and 28123 (Mount Mourne, NC, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28120 becomes 02182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01822, 02128, 02812, 08212, 08221, 10282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81220 in Cimarron, CO, 1,472 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% 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 28120 and you would come out at 35.33°S, 98.97°E — 998 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 31.4 square miles of land, 28120 is bigger than 47% of ZIP codes — room for about 24 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,805This ZIP25,805
Households10,241This ZIP10,241
Housing units10,863This ZIP10,863
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,231This ZIP$78,231North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$321,500This ZIP$321,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,234This ZIP$1,234North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.8%This ZIP33.8%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density822.5 / sq miThis ZIP822.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments388This ZIP388
Employees5,963This ZIP5,963
Annual payroll$346,858,000This ZIP$346,858,000
Tax returns filed12,010This ZIP12,010
Total adjusted gross income$976,987,000This ZIP$976,987,000

Land area

Land area31.37 sq miThis ZIP31.37 sq mi
Water area1.90 sq miThis ZIP1.90 sq mi

Other place names in 28120

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

ZIP codes near 28120

ZIPCityDistance
28164 Stanley, NC 4.2 mi
28214 Charlotte, NC 5.1 mi
28101 Mc Adenville, NC 5.7 mi
28098 Lowell, NC 5.8 mi
28006 Alexis, NC 6.8 mi
28032 Cramerton, NC 7.2 mi
28216 Charlotte, NC 7.8 mi
28012 Belmont, NC 8.1 mi
28054 Gastonia, NC 8.4 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 8.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28120?

28120 is in Mount Holly, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3286, -81.0264.

What county is 28120 in?

28120 lies in Gaston County.

What area code is 28120?

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

What time zone is 28120 in?

28120 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28120?

About 25,805 people live in ZIP code 28120, in 10,241 households, at 822.5 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 28120?

$78,231 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28120?

The closest are 28164 (4.2 mi), 28214 (5.1 mi), 28101 (5.7 mi), 28098 (5.8 mi) and 28006 (6.8 mi).

Is 28120 a PO Box ZIP code?

28120 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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