Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/28356

28356

ZIP 28356 is Linden, North Carolina, mostly in Cumberland County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland +1 more
Metro area
Fayetteville, NC
Population
6,579
Coordinates
35.2370, -78.7904
☼ Live from 28356 — Linden, NC

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 28356 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28356
  • 🔢 Type 28356 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSEBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,356 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 17 × 139. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111011000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28355 (Lemon Springs, NC, 25 mi away) and 28357 (Lumber Bridge, NC, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28356 becomes 65382, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23856, 25638, 25836, 26385, 28365, 28563, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83526 in Ferdinand, ID, 2,087 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,127 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28356 and you would come out at 35.24°S, 101.21°E — 872 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 55.3 square miles of land, 28356 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 28356 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population6,579This ZIP6,579
Households2,473This ZIP2,473
Housing units2,670This ZIP2,670
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$72,150This ZIP$72,150North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$225,300This ZIP$225,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$805This ZIP$805North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.7%This ZIP24.7%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density119.0 / sq miThis ZIP119.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments48This ZIP48
Employees166This ZIP166
Annual payroll$6,064,000This ZIP$6,064,000
Tax returns filed2,380This ZIP2,380
Total adjusted gross income$170,207,000This ZIP$170,207,000

Land area

Land area55.28 sq miThis ZIP55.28 sq mi
Water area0.59 sq miThis ZIP0.59 sq mi

Counties 28356 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cumberland County 79.3%
Harnett County 20.7%

Other place names in 28356

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

ZIP codes near 28356

ZIPCityDistance
28323 Bunnlevel, NC 5.9 mi
28339 Erwin, NC 6.0 mi
28311 Fayetteville, NC 7.3 mi
28395 Wade, NC 8.2 mi
28331 Cumberland, NC 8.5 mi
28342 Falcon, NC 8.6 mi
28390 Spring Lake, NC 9.3 mi
28344 Godwin, NC 10.6 mi
27546 Lillington, NC 11.0 mi
28335 Dunn, NC 11.3 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 28356 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28356?

28356 is in Linden, North Carolina, in Cumberland County, part of the Fayetteville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2370, -78.7904.

What county is 28356 in?

28356 spans 2 counties: Cumberland County and Harnett 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 28356?

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

What time zone is 28356 in?

28356 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28356?

About 6,579 people live in ZIP code 28356, in 2,473 households, at 119.0 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 28356?

$72,150 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28356?

The closest are 28323 (5.9 mi), 28339 (6 mi), 28311 (7.3 mi), 28395 (8.2 mi) and 28331 (8.5 mi).

Is 28356 a PO Box ZIP code?

28356 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “28356 ZIP Code — Linden, North Carolina (Cumberland County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28356

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28356.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.