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28124

ZIP 28124 is Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, mostly in Cabarrus County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cabarrus +1 more
Population
7,010
Coordinates
35.4001, -80.4083
☼ Live from 28124 — Mount Pleasant, NC

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Where 28124 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28124
  • 🔢 Type 28124 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,124 = 2 × 2 × 79 × 89. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28123 (Mount Mourne, NC, 27 mi away) and 28125 (Mount Ulla, NC, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28124 becomes 42182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12248, 12428, 12482, 12824, 12842, 14228, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84122 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,743 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,038 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28124 and you would come out at 35.40°S, 99.59°E — 964 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 58.1 square miles of land, 28124 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,010This ZIP7,010
Households2,409This ZIP2,409
Housing units2,714This ZIP2,714
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,778This ZIP$80,778North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$310,500This ZIP$310,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,194This ZIP$1,194North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.5%This ZIP23.5%
Mean commute28.2 minThis ZIP28.2 min
Population density120.7 / sq miThis ZIP120.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments163This ZIP163
Employees979This ZIP979
Annual payroll$36,409,000This ZIP$36,409,000
Tax returns filed3,210This ZIP3,210
Total adjusted gross income$247,324,000This ZIP$247,324,000

Land area

Land area58.10 sq miThis ZIP58.10 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 28124 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cabarrus County 86.2%
Stanly County 13.8%

Other place names in 28124

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ZIP codes near 28124

ZIPCityDistance
28025 Concord, NC 6.6 mi
28097 Locust, NC 7.2 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 8.1 mi
28026 Concord, NC 8.4 mi
28082 Kannapolis, NC 8.4 mi
28109 Misenheimer, NC 9.2 mi
28071 Gold Hill, NC 9.6 mi
28137 Richfield, NC 10.3 mi
28083 Kannapolis, NC 11.7 mi
28107 Midland, NC 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28124?

28124 is in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, in Cabarrus County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4001, -80.4083.

What county is 28124 in?

28124 spans 2 counties: Cabarrus County and Stanly County. Most of it falls in Cabarrus County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 28124?

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

What time zone is 28124 in?

28124 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28124?

About 7,010 people live in ZIP code 28124, in 2,409 households, at 120.7 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 28124?

$80,778 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28124?

The closest are 28025 (6.6 mi), 28097 (7.2 mi), 28138 (8.1 mi), 28026 (8.4 mi) and 28082 (8.4 mi).

Is 28124 a PO Box ZIP code?

28124 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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