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28150

ZIP 28150 is in Shelby, North Carolina, mostly in Cleveland County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Shelby has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 28151 and 28152.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cleveland +1 more
Population
28,142
Coordinates
35.3427, -81.5762
☼ Live from 28150 — Shelby, NC

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Where 28150 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28150
  • 🔢 Type 28150 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,150 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 563. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28147 (Salisbury, NC, 62 mi away) and 28151 (Shelby, NC, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28150 becomes 05182, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02185, 02815, 05821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85021 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,736 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯979 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28150 and you would come out at 35.34°S, 98.42°E — 1,028 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 109.5 square miles of land, 28150 is bigger than 80% of ZIP codes — room for about 83 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,142This ZIP28,142
Households11,499This ZIP11,499
Housing units13,316This ZIP13,316
Median age45.2This ZIP45.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$55,832This ZIP$55,832North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$211,400This ZIP$211,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$873This ZIP$873North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.7%This ZIP23.7%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density257.0 / sq miThis ZIP257.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments747This ZIP747
Employees13,234This ZIP13,234
Annual payroll$694,305,000This ZIP$694,305,000
Tax returns filed11,890This ZIP11,890
Total adjusted gross income$743,185,000This ZIP$743,185,000

Land area

Land area109.49 sq miThis ZIP109.49 sq mi
Water area1.45 sq miThis ZIP1.45 sq mi

Counties 28150 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cleveland County 99.8%
Rutherford County 0.2%

Other place names in 28150

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

ZIP codes near 28150

ZIPCityDistance
28151 Shelby, NC 4.2 mi
28089 Lattimore, NC 5.0 mi
28136 Polkville, NC 6.5 mi
28042 Fallston, NC 6.8 mi
28152 Shelby, NC 7.1 mi
28090 Lawndale, NC 7.8 mi
28169 Waco, NC 8.3 mi
28017 Boiling Springs, NC 8.5 mi
28038 Earl, NC 10.3 mi
28040 Ellenboro, NC 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28150?

28150 is in Shelby, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, part of the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3427, -81.5762.

What county is 28150 in?

28150 spans 2 counties: Cleveland County and Rutherford County. Most of it falls in Cleveland 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 28150?

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

What time zone is 28150 in?

28150 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28150?

About 28,142 people live in ZIP code 28150, in 11,499 households, at 257.0 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 28150?

$55,832 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28150?

The closest are 28151 (4.2 mi), 28089 (5 mi), 28136 (6.5 mi), 28042 (6.8 mi) and 28152 (7.1 mi).

Is 28150 a PO Box ZIP code?

28150 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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