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28203

ZIP 28203 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
18,823
Coordinates
35.2090, -80.8576
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Where 28203 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28203
  • 🔢 Type 28203 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,203 = 3 × 7 × 17 × 79. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28202 (Charlotte, NC, 1 mi away) and 28204 (Charlotte, NC, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28203 becomes 30282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02238, 02283, 02382, 02823, 02832, 03282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83202 in Pocatello, ID, 1,761 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 28203 and you would come out at 35.21°S, 99.14°E — 987 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 3.1 square miles of land, 28203 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,823This ZIP18,823
Households11,038This ZIP11,038
Housing units12,141This ZIP12,141
Median age28.7This ZIP28.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$104,696This ZIP$104,696North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$707,800This ZIP$707,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,921This ZIP$1,921North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher81.1%This ZIP81.1%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density6,009.9 / sq miThis ZIP6,009.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,557This ZIP1,557
Employees35,664This ZIP35,664
Annual payroll$3,155,501,000This ZIP$3,155,501,000
Tax returns filed11,090This ZIP11,090
Total adjusted gross income$1,833,822,000This ZIP$1,833,822,000

Land area

Land area3.13 sq miThis ZIP3.13 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28203

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ZIP codes near 28203

ZIPCityDistance
28282 Charlotte, NC 1.3 mi
28296 Charlotte, NC 1.3 mi
28271 Charlotte, NC 1.3 mi
28244 Charlotte, NC 1.4 mi
28280 Charlotte, NC 1.4 mi
28202 Charlotte, NC 1.5 mi
28263 Charlotte, NC 1.5 mi
28233 Charlotte, NC 1.5 mi
28236 Charlotte, NC 1.5 mi
28241 Charlotte, NC 1.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28203?

28203 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2090, -80.8576.

What county is 28203 in?

28203 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28203?

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

What time zone is 28203 in?

28203 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28203?

About 18,823 people live in ZIP code 28203, in 11,038 households, at 6,009.9 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 28203?

$104,696 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28203?

The closest are 28282 (1.3 mi), 28296 (1.3 mi), 28271 (1.3 mi), 28244 (1.4 mi) and 28280 (1.4 mi).

Is 28203 a PO Box ZIP code?

28203 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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