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28137

ZIP 28137 is Richfield, North Carolina, mostly in Stanly County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Stanly +1 more
Metro area
Albemarle, NC
Population
2,664
Coordinates
35.4909, -80.2636
☼ Live from 28137 — Richfield, NC

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Where 28137 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28137
  • 🔢 Type 28137 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,137 = 3 × 83 × 113. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28136 (Polkville, NC, 78 mi away) and 28138 (Rockwell, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28137 becomes 73182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12738, 12783, 12837, 12873, 13782, 13827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83712 in Boise, ID, 1,973 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,044 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28137 and you would come out at 35.49°S, 99.74°E — 957 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 44.4 square miles of land, 28137 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,664This ZIP2,664
Households987This ZIP987
Housing units1,337This ZIP1,337
Median age39.5This ZIP39.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$67,163This ZIP$67,163North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$252,700This ZIP$252,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,176This ZIP$1,176North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.9%This ZIP22.9%
Mean commute26.0 minThis ZIP26.0 min
Population density60.1 / sq miThis ZIP60.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments74This ZIP74
Employees1,048This ZIP1,048
Annual payroll$52,216,000This ZIP$52,216,000
Tax returns filed1,420This ZIP1,420
Total adjusted gross income$96,655,000This ZIP$96,655,000

Land area

Land area44.36 sq miThis ZIP44.36 sq mi
Water area1.94 sq miThis ZIP1.94 sq mi

Counties 28137 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Stanly County 56.6%
Rowan County 43.4%

Other place names in 28137

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

ZIP codes near 28137

ZIPCityDistance
28109 Misenheimer, NC 1.1 mi
28071 Gold Hill, NC 3.5 mi
28127 New London, NC 6.1 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 9.9 mi
28124 Mount Pleasant, NC 10.3 mi
28002 Albemarle, NC 10.4 mi
28009 Badin, NC 10.5 mi
28001 Albemarle, NC 11.0 mi
28146 Salisbury, NC 11.7 mi
27351 Southmont, NC 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28137?

28137 is in Richfield, North Carolina, in Stanly County, part of the Albemarle, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4909, -80.2636.

What county is 28137 in?

28137 spans 2 counties: Stanly County and Rowan County. Most of it falls in Stanly 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 28137?

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

What time zone is 28137 in?

28137 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28137?

About 2,664 people live in ZIP code 28137, in 987 households, at 60.1 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 28137?

$67,163 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28137?

The closest are 28109 (1.1 mi), 28071 (3.5 mi), 28127 (6.1 mi), 28138 (9.9 mi) and 28124 (10.3 mi).

Is 28137 a PO Box ZIP code?

28137 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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