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28306

ZIP 28306 is in Fayetteville, North Carolina, mostly 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 +2 more
Metro area
Fayetteville, NC
Population
43,042
Coordinates
34.9585, -78.8968
☼ Live from 28306 — Fayetteville, NC

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Where 28306 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28306
  • 🔢 Type 28306 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOEBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,306 = 2 × 14153. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111010010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28305 (Fayetteville, NC, 7 mi away) and 28307 (Fort Bragg, NC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28306 becomes 60382, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02368, 02638, 02836, 02863, 03268, 03826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83602 in Banks, ID, 2,063 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,129 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28306 and you would come out at 34.96°S, 101.10°E — 875 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 69.7 square miles of land, 28306 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population43,042This ZIP43,042
Households15,914This ZIP15,914
Housing units17,429This ZIP17,429
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$67,544This ZIP$67,544North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$232,500This ZIP$232,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,150This ZIP$1,150North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.3%This ZIP28.3%
Mean commute25.3 minThis ZIP25.3 min
Population density617.1 / sq miThis ZIP617.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments683This ZIP683
Employees10,523This ZIP10,523
Annual payroll$433,617,000This ZIP$433,617,000
Tax returns filed18,810This ZIP18,810
Total adjusted gross income$1,185,863,000This ZIP$1,185,863,000

Land area

Land area69.75 sq miThis ZIP69.75 sq mi
Water area0.98 sq miThis ZIP0.98 sq mi

Counties 28306 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Cumberland County 95.2%
Bladen County 3.7%
Hoke County 1.1%

Other place names in 28306

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ZIP codes near 28306

ZIPCityDistance
28348 Hope Mills, NC 3.5 mi
28302 Fayetteville, NC 5.3 mi
28371 Parkton, NC 5.7 mi
28309 Fayetteville, NC 6.4 mi
28305 Fayetteville, NC 6.5 mi
28304 Fayetteville, NC 7.0 mi
28301 Fayetteville, NC 8.1 mi
28312 Fayetteville, NC 9.0 mi
28314 Fayetteville, NC 9.4 mi
28303 Fayetteville, NC 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28306?

28306 is in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County, part of the Fayetteville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9585, -78.8968.

What county is 28306 in?

28306 spans 3 counties: Cumberland County, Bladen County and Hoke County. Most of it falls in Cumberland 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 28306?

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

What time zone is 28306 in?

28306 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28306?

About 43,042 people live in ZIP code 28306, in 15,914 households, at 617.1 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 28306?

$67,544 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28306?

The closest are 28348 (3.5 mi), 28302 (5.3 mi), 28371 (5.7 mi), 28309 (6.4 mi) and 28305 (6.5 mi).

Is 28306 a PO Box ZIP code?

28306 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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