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28209

ZIP 28209 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
24,331
Coordinates
35.1787, -80.8540
☼ Live from 28209 — Charlotte, NC

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Where 28209 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28209
  • 🔢 Type 28209 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,209 = 3 × 9403. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28208 (Charlotte, NC, 5 mi away) and 28210 (Charlotte, NC, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28209 becomes 90282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02298, 02829, 02892, 09228, 09822, 20289, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09822 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,752 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 28209 and you would come out at 35.18°S, 99.15°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 5.5 square miles of land, 28209 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,331This ZIP24,331
Households12,793This ZIP12,793
Housing units13,943This ZIP13,943
Median age33.7This ZIP33.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$101,873This ZIP$101,873North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$623,000This ZIP$623,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,710This ZIP$1,710North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher70.9%This ZIP70.9%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density4,431.1 / sq miThis ZIP4,431.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,088This ZIP1,088
Employees16,612This ZIP16,612
Annual payroll$1,665,901,000This ZIP$1,665,901,000
Tax returns filed13,460This ZIP13,460
Total adjusted gross income$2,426,162,000This ZIP$2,426,162,000

Land area

Land area5.49 sq miThis ZIP5.49 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 28209

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

ZIP codes near 28209

ZIPCityDistance
28274 Charlotte, NC 1.3 mi
28207 Charlotte, NC 2.0 mi
28203 Charlotte, NC 2.1 mi
28271 Charlotte, NC 2.8 mi
28204 Charlotte, NC 2.9 mi
28217 Charlotte, NC 3.1 mi
28282 Charlotte, NC 3.2 mi
28244 Charlotte, NC 3.2 mi
28296 Charlotte, NC 3.2 mi
28211 Charlotte, NC 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28209?

28209 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1787, -80.8540.

What county is 28209 in?

28209 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28209?

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

What time zone is 28209 in?

28209 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28209?

About 24,331 people live in ZIP code 28209, in 12,793 households, at 4,431.1 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 28209?

$101,873 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28209?

The closest are 28274 (1.3 mi), 28207 (2 mi), 28203 (2.1 mi), 28271 (2.8 mi) and 28204 (2.9 mi).

Is 28209 a PO Box ZIP code?

28209 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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