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28396

ZIP 28396 is Wagram, North Carolina, in Scotland County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Scotland
Metro area
Laurinburg, NC
Population
2,666
Coordinates
34.9551, -79.4139
☼ Live from 28396 — Wagram, NC

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Where 28396 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28396
  • 🔢 Type 28396 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGEBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,396 = 2 × 2 × 31 × 229. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111011101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28395 (Wade, NC, 41 mi away) and 28398 (Warsaw, NC, 76 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28396 becomes 69382, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23968, 28369, 28693, 29368, 29386, 29638, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96382 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,367 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,102 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28396 and you would come out at 34.96°S, 100.59°E — 904 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 54.5 square miles of land, 28396 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,666This ZIP2,666
Households1,056This ZIP1,056
Housing units1,256This ZIP1,256
Median age45.5This ZIP45.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,250This ZIP$63,250North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$158,900This ZIP$158,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$794This ZIP$794North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.6%This ZIP17.6%
Mean commute42.5 minThis ZIP42.5 min
Population density49.0 / sq miThis ZIP49.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees196This ZIP196
Annual payroll$6,335,000This ZIP$6,335,000
Tax returns filed1,220This ZIP1,220
Total adjusted gross income$72,539,000This ZIP$72,539,000

Land area

Land area54.46 sq miThis ZIP54.46 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Other place names in 28396

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ZIP codes near 28396

ZIPCityDistance
28363 Marston, NC 6.6 mi
28373 Pinebluff, NC 10.4 mi
28347 Hoffman, NC 10.6 mi
28315 Aberdeen, NC 11.2 mi
28376 Raeford, NC 11.6 mi
28351 Laurel Hill, NC 11.8 mi
28353 Laurinburg, NC 12.6 mi
28352 Laurinburg, NC 13.1 mi
28377 Red Springs, NC 14.1 mi
28345 Hamlet, NC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28396?

28396 is in Wagram, North Carolina, in Scotland County, part of the Laurinburg, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9551, -79.4139.

What county is 28396 in?

28396 lies in Scotland County.

What area code is 28396?

Wagram uses area code 910, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28396 in?

28396 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28396?

About 2,666 people live in ZIP code 28396, in 1,056 households, at 49.0 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 28396?

$63,250 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28396?

The closest are 28363 (6.6 mi), 28373 (10.4 mi), 28347 (10.6 mi), 28315 (11.2 mi) and 28376 (11.6 mi).

Is 28396 a PO Box ZIP code?

28396 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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