Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/28167

28167

ZIP 28167 is Union Mills, North Carolina, mostly in Rutherford County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rutherford +1 more
Metro area
Forest City, NC
Population
2,253
Coordinates
35.5064, -81.9594
☼ Live from 28167 — Union Mills, NC

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 28167 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28167
  • 🔢 Type 28167 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LgIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,167 = 3 × 41 × 229. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28166 (Troutman, NC, 62 mi away) and 28168 (Vale, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28167 becomes 76182 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Richland Hills, TX, 889 miles away.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12768, 12786, 16728, 16827, 16872, 17268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82716 in Gillette, WY, 1,393 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯955 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28167 and you would come out at 35.51°S, 98.04°E — 1,051 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 73.6 square miles of land, 28167 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 56 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 28167 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,253This ZIP2,253
Households933This ZIP933
Housing units1,252This ZIP1,252
Median age52.4This ZIP52.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,732This ZIP$59,732North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$234,500This ZIP$234,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%This ZIP22.5%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density30.6 / sq miThis ZIP30.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees45This ZIP45
Annual payroll$1,261,000This ZIP$1,261,000
Tax returns filed1,110This ZIP1,110
Total adjusted gross income$69,772,000This ZIP$69,772,000

Land area

Land area73.56 sq miThis ZIP73.56 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Counties 28167 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rutherford County 93.3%
McDowell County 6.7%

ZIP codes near 28167

ZIPCityDistance
28018 Bostic, NC 8.9 mi
28160 Spindale, NC 10.3 mi
28139 Rutherfordton, NC 11.1 mi
28746 Lake Lure, NC 11.6 mi
28761 Nebo, NC 13.0 mi
28040 Ellenboro, NC 14.2 mi
28043 Forest City, NC 14.3 mi
28752 Marion, NC 14.7 mi
28762 Old Fort, NC 15.7 mi
28737 Glenwood, NC 17.0 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 28167 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28167?

28167 is in Union Mills, North Carolina, in Rutherford County, part of the Forest City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5064, -81.9594.

What county is 28167 in?

28167 spans 2 counties: Rutherford County and McDowell County. Most of it falls in Rutherford 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 28167?

Union Mills uses area code 828, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28167 in?

28167 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28167?

About 2,253 people live in ZIP code 28167, in 933 households, at 30.6 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 28167?

$59,732 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28167?

The closest are 28018 (8.9 mi), 28160 (10.3 mi), 28139 (11.1 mi), 28746 (11.6 mi) and 28761 (13 mi).

Is 28167 a PO Box ZIP code?

28167 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “28167 ZIP Code — Union Mills, North Carolina (Rutherford County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28167

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28167.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.