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28146

ZIP 28146 is in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Rowan County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Salisbury has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 28144, 28145 and 28147.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan
Population
31,292
Coordinates
35.6211, -80.3956
☼ Live from 28146 — Salisbury, NC

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Where 28146 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28146
  • 🔢 Type 28146 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,146 = 2 × 3 × 4691. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28145 (Salisbury, NC, 6 mi away) and 28147 (Salisbury, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28146 becomes 64182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12468, 12486, 12846, 12864, 14826, 16248, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86412 in Hualapai, AZ, 1,872 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,033 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28146 and you would come out at 35.62°S, 99.60°E — 966 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 97.1 square miles of land, 28146 is bigger than 77% of ZIP codes — room for about 74 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population31,292This ZIP31,292
Households12,649This ZIP12,649
Housing units13,871This ZIP13,871
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,279This ZIP$69,279North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$247,700This ZIP$247,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$967This ZIP$967North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.9%This ZIP26.9%
Mean commute27.6 minThis ZIP27.6 min
Population density322.2 / sq miThis ZIP322.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments437This ZIP437
Employees6,580This ZIP6,580
Annual payroll$297,247,000This ZIP$297,247,000
Tax returns filed13,910This ZIP13,910
Total adjusted gross income$924,899,000This ZIP$924,899,000

Land area

Land area97.12 sq miThis ZIP97.12 sq mi
Water area8.93 sq miThis ZIP8.93 sq mi

Other place names in 28146

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

ZIP codes near 28146

ZIPCityDistance
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 2.7 mi
28041 Faith, NC 4.4 mi
28039 East Spencer, NC 4.7 mi
28159 Spencer, NC 5.5 mi
28145 Salisbury, NC 6.2 mi
28144 Salisbury, NC 7.4 mi
27351 Southmont, NC 7.7 mi
28138 Rockwell, NC 7.7 mi
28071 Gold Hill, NC 8.4 mi
27299 Linwood, NC 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28146?

28146 is in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Rowan County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6211, -80.3956.

What county is 28146 in?

28146 lies in Rowan County.

What area code is 28146?

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

What time zone is 28146 in?

28146 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28146?

About 31,292 people live in ZIP code 28146, in 12,649 households, at 322.2 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 28146?

$69,279 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28146?

The closest are 28072 (2.7 mi), 28041 (4.4 mi), 28039 (4.7 mi), 28159 (5.5 mi) and 28145 (6.2 mi).

Is 28146 a PO Box ZIP code?

28146 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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