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28262

ZIP 28262 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, mostly 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 +1 more
Population
50,003
Coordinates
35.3221, -80.7400
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Where 28262 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28262
  • 🔢 Type 28262 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,262 = 2 × 13 × 1087. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111001100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28260 (Charlotte, NC, 9 mi away) and 28263 (Charlotte, NC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28262 becomes 26282 — and that is a real ZIP code: Monterville, WV, 223 miles away.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26228, 26282, 28226, 28622, 62282, 62822). The farthest-flung twin is 62282 in Saint Libory, IL, 538 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,023 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28262 and you would come out at 35.32°S, 99.26°E — 982 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 21.0 square miles of land, 28262 is bigger than 38% of ZIP codes — room for about 16 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population50,003This ZIP50,003
Households22,529This ZIP22,529
Housing units24,991This ZIP24,991
Median age29.5This ZIP29.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,231This ZIP$69,231North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$346,600This ZIP$346,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,569This ZIP$1,569North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.2%This ZIP46.2%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density2,380.4 / sq miThis ZIP2,380.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,379This ZIP1,379
Employees46,056This ZIP46,056
Annual payroll$3,613,269,000This ZIP$3,613,269,000
Tax returns filed22,130This ZIP22,130
Total adjusted gross income$1,249,057,000This ZIP$1,249,057,000

Land area

Land area21.01 sq miThis ZIP21.01 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Counties 28262 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Mecklenburg County 99.1%
Cabarrus County 0.9%

Other place names in 28262

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ZIP codes near 28262

ZIPCityDistance
28223 Charlotte, NC 1.0 mi
28213 Charlotte, NC 2.5 mi
28126 Newell, NC 3.4 mi
28269 Charlotte, NC 3.7 mi
28106 Matthews, NC 5.6 mi
28130 Paw Creek, NC 5.6 mi
28201 Charlotte, NC 5.6 mi
28218 Charlotte, NC 5.6 mi
28219 Charlotte, NC 5.6 mi
28220 Charlotte, NC 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28262?

28262 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3221, -80.7400.

What county is 28262 in?

28262 spans 2 counties: Mecklenburg County and Cabarrus County. Most of it falls in Mecklenburg County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 28262?

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

What time zone is 28262 in?

28262 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28262?

About 50,003 people live in ZIP code 28262, in 22,529 households, at 2,380.4 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 28262?

$69,231 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28262?

The closest are 28223 (1 mi), 28213 (2.5 mi), 28126 (3.4 mi), 28269 (3.7 mi) and 28106 (5.6 mi).

Is 28262 a PO Box ZIP code?

28262 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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