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28138

ZIP 28138 is Rockwell, North Carolina, mostly in Rowan County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan +1 more
Population
10,271
Coordinates
35.5144, -80.4374
☼ Live from 28138 — Rockwell, NC

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Where 28138 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28138
  • 🔢 Type 28138 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,138 = 2 × 11 × 1279. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28137 (Richfield, NC, 10 mi away) and 28139 (Rutherfordton, NC, 88 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28138 becomes 83182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12838, 12883, 18328, 18823, 18832, 21838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83821 in Coolin, ID, 2,048 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,034 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28138 and you would come out at 35.51°S, 99.56°E — 967 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 45.0 square miles of land, 28138 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,271This ZIP10,271
Households4,178This ZIP4,178
Housing units4,342This ZIP4,342
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,896This ZIP$66,896North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$216,100This ZIP$216,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$966This ZIP$966North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density228.5 / sq miThis ZIP228.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments188This ZIP188
Employees2,193This ZIP2,193
Annual payroll$92,058,000This ZIP$92,058,000
Tax returns filed4,930This ZIP4,930
Total adjusted gross income$310,219,000This ZIP$310,219,000

Land area

Land area44.95 sq miThis ZIP44.95 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Counties 28138 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rowan County 74.9%
Cabarrus County 25.1%

Other place names in 28138

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

ZIP codes near 28138

ZIPCityDistance
28041 Faith, NC 5.2 mi
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 6.8 mi
28071 Gold Hill, NC 6.8 mi
28146 Salisbury, NC 7.7 mi
28124 Mount Pleasant, NC 8.1 mi
28083 Kannapolis, NC 8.3 mi
28109 Misenheimer, NC 9.1 mi
28137 Richfield, NC 9.9 mi
28023 China Grove, NC 10.0 mi
28088 Landis, NC 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28138?

28138 is in Rockwell, North Carolina, in Rowan County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5144, -80.4374.

What county is 28138 in?

28138 spans 2 counties: Rowan County and Cabarrus County. Most of it falls in Rowan 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 28138?

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

What time zone is 28138 in?

28138 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28138?

About 10,271 people live in ZIP code 28138, in 4,178 households, at 228.5 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 28138?

$66,896 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28138?

The closest are 28041 (5.2 mi), 28072 (6.8 mi), 28071 (6.8 mi), 28146 (7.7 mi) and 28124 (8.1 mi).

Is 28138 a PO Box ZIP code?

28138 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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