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28208

ZIP 28208 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
40,197
Coordinates
35.2320, -80.9050
☼ Live from 28208 — Charlotte, NC

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Where 28208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28208
  • 🔢 Type 28208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 41 × 43. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28207 (Charlotte, NC, 5 mi away) and 28209 (Charlotte, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28208 becomes 80282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02828, 02882, 08822, 20882, 28082, 28280, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88022 in Arenas Valley, NM, 1,567 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,017 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28208 and you would come out at 35.23°S, 99.10°E — 990 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 20.2 square miles of land, 28208 is bigger than 38% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,197This ZIP40,197
Households16,548This ZIP16,548
Housing units18,539This ZIP18,539
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$55,431This ZIP$55,431North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$236,300This ZIP$236,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,244This ZIP$1,244North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.8%This ZIP26.8%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density1,986.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,986.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,464This ZIP1,464
Employees48,001This ZIP48,001
Annual payroll$3,838,963,000This ZIP$3,838,963,000
Tax returns filed18,260This ZIP18,260
Total adjusted gross income$956,418,000This ZIP$956,418,000

Land area

Land area20.24 sq miThis ZIP20.24 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 28208

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ZIP codes near 28208

ZIPCityDistance
28203 Charlotte, NC 3.1 mi
28296 Charlotte, NC 3.4 mi
28282 Charlotte, NC 3.4 mi
28202 Charlotte, NC 3.4 mi
28263 Charlotte, NC 3.5 mi
28233 Charlotte, NC 3.5 mi
28236 Charlotte, NC 3.5 mi
28241 Charlotte, NC 3.5 mi
28243 Charlotte, NC 3.5 mi
28250 Charlotte, NC 3.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28208?

28208 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2320, -80.9050.

What county is 28208 in?

28208 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28208?

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

What time zone is 28208 in?

28208 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28208?

About 40,197 people live in ZIP code 28208, in 16,548 households, at 1,986.4 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 28208?

$55,431 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28208?

The closest are 28203 (3.1 mi), 28296 (3.4 mi), 28282 (3.4 mi), 28202 (3.4 mi) and 28263 (3.5 mi).

Is 28208 a PO Box ZIP code?

28208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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