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28202

ZIP 28202 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Charlotte has 74 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mecklenburg
Population
17,653
Coordinates
35.2273, -80.8442
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Where 28202 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28202
  • 🔢 Type 28202 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,202 = 2 × 59 × 239. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28201 (Charlotte, NC, 3 mi away) and 28203 (Charlotte, NC, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28202 becomes 20282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02822, 20228, 22082, 22802, 22820, 28220, …). The farthest-flung twin is 80222 in Denver, CO, 1,352 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,020 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28202 and you would come out at 35.23°S, 99.16°E — 986 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 1.8 square miles of land, 28202 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,653This ZIP17,653
Households9,980This ZIP9,980
Housing units12,177This ZIP12,177
Median age30.5This ZIP30.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$105,889This ZIP$105,889North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$443,500This ZIP$443,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,933This ZIP$1,933North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.4%This ZIP64.4%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density9,785.5 / sq miThis ZIP9,785.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,476This ZIP1,476
Employees65,673This ZIP65,673
Annual payroll$9,502,393,000This ZIP$9,502,393,000
Tax returns filed9,440This ZIP9,440
Total adjusted gross income$1,175,567,000This ZIP$1,175,567,000

Land area

Land area1.80 sq miThis ZIP1.80 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28202

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

ZIP codes near 28202

ZIPCityDistance
28233 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28236 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28241 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28243 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28250 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28260 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28265 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28266 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28272 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28275 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28202?

28202 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2273, -80.8442.

What county is 28202 in?

28202 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28202?

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

What time zone is 28202 in?

28202 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28202?

About 17,653 people live in ZIP code 28202, in 9,980 households, at 9,785.5 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 28202?

$105,889 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28202?

The closest are 28233 (0.1 mi), 28236 (0.1 mi), 28241 (0.1 mi), 28243 (0.1 mi) and 28250 (0.1 mi).

Is 28202 a PO Box ZIP code?

28202 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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