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28301

ZIP 28301 is in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Fayetteville has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Metro area
Fayetteville, NC
Population
16,798
Coordinates
35.0748, -78.8843
☼ Live from 28301 — Fayetteville, NC

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Where 28301 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28301
  • 🔢 Type 28301 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOEBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,301 = 7 × 13 × 311. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111010001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28299 (Charlotte, NC, 109 mi away) and 28302 (Fayetteville, NC, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28301 becomes 10382, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01238, 01832, 02138, 02381, 02813, 02831, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83210 in Aberdeen, ID, 1,890 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,126 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28301 and you would come out at 35.07°S, 101.12°E — 875 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, 28301 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,798This ZIP16,798
Households7,243This ZIP7,243
Housing units8,532This ZIP8,532
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$39,198This ZIP$39,198North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$122,400This ZIP$122,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$951This ZIP$951North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.1%This ZIP19.1%
Mean commute20.8 minThis ZIP20.8 min
Population density1,354.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,354.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments678This ZIP678
Employees11,306This ZIP11,306
Annual payroll$658,312,000This ZIP$658,312,000
Tax returns filed6,310This ZIP6,310
Total adjusted gross income$243,568,000This ZIP$243,568,000

Land area

Land area12.40 sq miThis ZIP12.40 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Other place names in 28301

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

ZIP codes near 28301

ZIPCityDistance
28305 Fayetteville, NC 2.0 mi
28302 Fayetteville, NC 3.1 mi
28309 Fayetteville, NC 3.4 mi
28303 Fayetteville, NC 4.3 mi
28311 Fayetteville, NC 6.4 mi
28304 Fayetteville, NC 6.9 mi
28314 Fayetteville, NC 7.6 mi
28307 Fort Bragg, NC 7.6 mi
28306 Fayetteville, NC 8.1 mi
28310 Fort Bragg, NC 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28301?

28301 is in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County, part of the Fayetteville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0748, -78.8843.

What county is 28301 in?

28301 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 28301?

Fayetteville uses area codes 910 and 472, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28301 in?

28301 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28301?

About 16,798 people live in ZIP code 28301, in 7,243 households, at 1,354.3 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 28301?

$39,198 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28301?

The closest are 28305 (2 mi), 28302 (3.1 mi), 28309 (3.4 mi), 28303 (4.3 mi) and 28311 (6.4 mi).

Is 28301 a PO Box ZIP code?

28301 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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