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28270

ZIP 28270 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
32,448
Coordinates
35.1120, -80.7646
☼ Live from 28270 — Charlotte, NC

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Where 28270 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28270
  • 🔢 Type 28270 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,270 = 2 × 5 × 11 × 257. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111001101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28269 (Charlotte, NC, 16 mi away) and 28271 (Charlotte, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28270 becomes 07282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02827, 02872, 07822, 08722, 20782, 20827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87022 in Isleta, NM, 1,463 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,028 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28270 and you would come out at 35.11°S, 99.24°E — 981 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 12.4 square miles of land, 28270 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population32,448This ZIP32,448
Households12,148This ZIP12,148
Housing units12,548This ZIP12,548
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$131,667This ZIP$131,667North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$589,500This ZIP$589,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,763This ZIP$1,763North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher67.6%This ZIP67.6%
Mean commute26.7 minThis ZIP26.7 min
Population density2,611.5 / sq miThis ZIP2,611.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments756This ZIP756
Employees6,041This ZIP6,041
Annual payroll$261,496,000This ZIP$261,496,000
Tax returns filed15,260This ZIP15,260
Total adjusted gross income$2,510,882,000This ZIP$2,510,882,000

Land area

Land area12.43 sq miThis ZIP12.43 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 28270

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ZIP codes near 28270

ZIPCityDistance
28105 Matthews, NC 3.1 mi
28226 Charlotte, NC 3.3 mi
28211 Charlotte, NC 4.2 mi
28277 Charlotte, NC 5.3 mi
28104 Matthews, NC 5.3 mi
28212 Charlotte, NC 5.3 mi
28210 Charlotte, NC 5.4 mi
28247 Charlotte, NC 5.8 mi
28274 Charlotte, NC 6.6 mi
28207 Charlotte, NC 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28270?

28270 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1120, -80.7646.

What county is 28270 in?

28270 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28270?

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

What time zone is 28270 in?

28270 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28270?

About 32,448 people live in ZIP code 28270, in 12,148 households, at 2,611.5 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 28270?

$131,667 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28270?

The closest are 28105 (3.1 mi), 28226 (3.3 mi), 28211 (4.2 mi), 28277 (5.3 mi) and 28104 (5.3 mi).

Is 28270 a PO Box ZIP code?

28270 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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