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28136

ZIP 28136 is Polkville, North Carolina, in Cleveland County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cleveland
Population
66
Coordinates
35.4205, -81.6424
☼ Live from 28136 — Polkville, NC

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Where 28136 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28136
  • 🔢 Type 28136 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,136 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3517. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28135 (Polkton, NC, 85 mi away) and 28137 (Richfield, NC, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28136 becomes 63182 — and that is a real ZIP code: Saint Louis, MO, 521 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12836, 12863, 13628, 13682, 13826, 13862, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83612 in Council, ID, 1,937 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯974 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28136 and you would come out at 35.42°S, 98.36°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 0.078 square miles of land, 28136 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 38 football fields.
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People and housing

Population66This ZIP66
Households27This ZIP27
Housing units42This ZIP42
Median age56.3This ZIP56.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$83,304This ZIP$83,304North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher62.5%This ZIP62.5%
Mean commute31.6 minThis ZIP31.6 min
Population density846.2 / sq miThis ZIP846.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees40This ZIP40
Annual payroll$710,000This ZIP$710,000

Land area

Land area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28136

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

ZIP codes near 28136

ZIPCityDistance
28090 Lawndale, NC 5.2 mi
28040 Ellenboro, NC 6.5 mi
28150 Shelby, NC 6.5 mi
28089 Lattimore, NC 7.0 mi
28020 Casar, NC 7.2 mi
28042 Fallston, NC 7.6 mi
28018 Bostic, NC 10.2 mi
28151 Shelby, NC 10.7 mi
28017 Boiling Springs, NC 12.1 mi
28169 Waco, NC 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28136?

28136 is in Polkville, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, part of the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4205, -81.6424.

What county is 28136 in?

28136 lies in Cleveland County.

What time zone is 28136 in?

28136 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28136?

About 66 people live in ZIP code 28136, in 27 households, at 846.2 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 28136?

$83,304 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28136?

The closest are 28090 (5.2 mi), 28040 (6.5 mi), 28150 (6.5 mi), 28089 (7 mi) and 28020 (7.2 mi).

Is 28136 a PO Box ZIP code?

28136 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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