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28244

ZIP 28244 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
0
Coordinates
35.2246, -80.8431
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Where 28244 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28244
  • 🔢 Type 28244 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,244 = 2 × 2 × 23 × 307. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111001010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28243 (Charlotte, NC, 0 mi away) and 28246 (Charlotte, NC, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28244 becomes 44282 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wadsworth, OH, 404 miles away.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22448, 22844, 24248, 24482, 28424, 28442, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82442 in Ten Sleep, WY, 1,525 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 28244 and you would come out at 35.22°S, 99.16°E — 986 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 0.008 square miles of land, 28244 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 4 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments46This ZIP46
Employees1,782This ZIP1,782
Annual payroll$276,919,000This ZIP$276,919,000

Land area

Land area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28244

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ZIP codes near 28244

ZIPCityDistance
28280 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28282 Charlotte, NC 0.1 mi
28263 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28296 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28233 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28236 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28241 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28243 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28250 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi
28260 Charlotte, NC 0.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28244?

28244 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2246, -80.8431.

What county is 28244 in?

28244 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28244?

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

What time zone is 28244 in?

28244 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28244?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 28244. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 28244?

The closest are 28280 (0.1 mi), 28282 (0.1 mi), 28263 (0.2 mi), 28296 (0.2 mi) and 28233 (0.2 mi).

Is 28244 a PO Box ZIP code?

28244 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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