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28206

ZIP 28206 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
15,375
Coordinates
35.2554, -80.8215
☼ Live from 28206 — Charlotte, NC

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Where 28206 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28206
  • 🔢 Type 28206 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,206 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 1567. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28205 (Charlotte, NC, 3 mi away) and 28207 (Charlotte, NC, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28206 becomes 60282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02826, 02862, 06282, 08226, 20268, 20628, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86022 in Fredonia, AZ, 1,769 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,021 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28206 and you would come out at 35.26°S, 99.18°E — 985 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 7.0 square miles of land, 28206 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,375This ZIP15,375
Households7,126This ZIP7,126
Housing units7,605This ZIP7,605
Median age33.1This ZIP33.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$61,818This ZIP$61,818North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$298,600This ZIP$298,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,400This ZIP$1,400North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.9%This ZIP33.9%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density2,203.4 / sq miThis ZIP2,203.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments759This ZIP759
Employees16,344This ZIP16,344
Annual payroll$1,118,207,000This ZIP$1,118,207,000
Tax returns filed7,210This ZIP7,210
Total adjusted gross income$398,142,000This ZIP$398,142,000

Land area

Land area6.98 sq miThis ZIP6.98 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28206

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ZIP codes near 28206

ZIPCityDistance
28106 Matthews, NC 1.0 mi
28130 Paw Creek, NC 1.0 mi
28201 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28218 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28219 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28220 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28221 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28222 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28224 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28228 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28206?

28206 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2554, -80.8215.

What county is 28206 in?

28206 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28206?

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

What time zone is 28206 in?

28206 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28206?

About 15,375 people live in ZIP code 28206, in 7,126 households, at 2,203.4 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 28206?

$61,818 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28206?

The closest are 28106 (1 mi), 28130 (1 mi), 28201 (1 mi), 28218 (1 mi) and 28219 (1 mi).

Is 28206 a PO Box ZIP code?

28206 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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