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28402

ZIP 28402 is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Wilmington has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Hanover
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Coordinates
34.3405, -77.9014

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 28429, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28402 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28402
  • 🔢 Type 28402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,402 = 2 × 11 × 1291. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111011110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28401 (Wilmington, NC, 5 mi away) and 28403 (Wilmington, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28402 becomes 20482, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02284, 02482, 02824, 02842, 04228, 04282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84022 in Dugway, UT, 1,940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,198 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28402 and you would come out at 34.34°S, 102.10°E — 812 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments40This ZIP40
Employees2,085This ZIP2,085
Annual payroll$217,763,000This ZIP$217,763,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28402

ZIPCityDistance
28429 Castle Hayne, NC 0.1 mi
28401 Wilmington, NC 5.3 mi
28405 Wilmington, NC 5.6 mi
28411 Wilmington, NC 6.7 mi
28457 Rocky Point, NC 8.2 mi
28403 Wilmington, NC 8.3 mi
28404 Wilmington, NC 8.3 mi
28408 Wilmington, NC 8.3 mi
28480 Wrightsville Beach, NC 10.4 mi
28435 Currie, NC 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28402?

28402 is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3405, -77.9014.

What county is 28402 in?

28402 lies in New Hanover County.

What area code is 28402?

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

What time zone is 28402 in?

28402 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28402?

The closest are 28429 (0.1 mi), 28401 (5.3 mi), 28405 (5.6 mi), 28411 (6.7 mi) and 28457 (8.2 mi).

Is 28402 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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