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28223

ZIP 28223 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
4,953
Coordinates
35.3089, -80.7325
☼ Live from 28223 — Charlotte, NC

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Where 28223 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28223
  • 🔢 Type 28223 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,223 = 13 × 13 × 167. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111000111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28222 (Charlotte, NC, 5 mi away) and 28224 (Charlotte, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28223 becomes 32282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22832, 23228, 23282, 23822, 28232, 32228, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82322 in Bairoil, WY, 1,514 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,024 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28223 and you would come out at 35.31°S, 99.27°E — 981 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 0.681 square miles of land, 28223 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 330 football fields.
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People and housing

Population4,953This ZIP4,953
Households0
Housing units9This ZIP9
Median age19.4This ZIP19.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher54.2%This ZIP54.2%
Mean commute21.6 minThis ZIP21.6 min
Population density7,273.1 / sq miThis ZIP7,273.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments44This ZIP44
Employees747This ZIP747
Annual payroll$22,133,000This ZIP$22,133,000

Land area

Land area0.68 sq miThis ZIP0.68 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28223

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

ZIP codes near 28223

ZIPCityDistance
28262 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28213 Charlotte, NC 1.6 mi
28126 Newell, NC 2.4 mi
28269 Charlotte, NC 4.5 mi
28215 Charlotte, NC 4.8 mi
28106 Matthews, NC 5.3 mi
28130 Paw Creek, NC 5.3 mi
28201 Charlotte, NC 5.3 mi
28218 Charlotte, NC 5.3 mi
28219 Charlotte, NC 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28223?

28223 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3089, -80.7325.

What county is 28223 in?

28223 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28223?

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

What time zone is 28223 in?

28223 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28223?

About 4,953 people live in ZIP code 28223, at 7,273.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 28223?

The closest are 28262 (1 mi), 28213 (1.6 mi), 28126 (2.4 mi), 28269 (4.5 mi) and 28215 (4.8 mi).

Is 28223 a PO Box ZIP code?

28223 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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