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28420

ZIP 28420 is Ash, North Carolina, in Brunswick County; area codes 472 and 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brunswick
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Population
2,658
Coordinates
34.0546, -78.4687
☼ Live from 28420 — Ash, NC

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Where 28420 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28420
  • 🔢 Type 28420 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,420 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 7 × 29. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28412 (Wilmington, NC, 32 mi away) and 28421 (Atkinson, NC, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28420 becomes 02482 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wellesley, MA, 689 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,918 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,177 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28420 and you would come out at 34.05°S, 101.53°E — 842 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 171.1 square miles of land, 28420 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 130 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,658This ZIP2,658
Households1,163This ZIP1,163
Housing units1,513This ZIP1,513
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,935This ZIP$53,935North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$198,100This ZIP$198,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,135This ZIP$1,135North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.6%This ZIP14.6%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density15.5 / sq miThis ZIP15.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees257This ZIP257
Annual payroll$11,829,000This ZIP$11,829,000
Tax returns filed1,540This ZIP1,540
Total adjusted gross income$85,303,000This ZIP$85,303,000

Land area

Land area171.09 sq miThis ZIP171.09 sq mi
Water area0.38 sq miThis ZIP0.38 sq mi

Other place names in 28420

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ZIP codes near 28420

ZIPCityDistance
28452 Longwood, NC 6.1 mi
28470 Shallotte, NC 7.3 mi
28469 Ocean Isle Beach, NC 8.3 mi
28459 Shallotte, NC 9.0 mi
28462 Supply, NC 9.8 mi
28455 Nakina, NC 10.1 mi
28468 Sunset Beach, NC 11.1 mi
28467 Calabash, NC 11.8 mi
28422 Bolivia, NC 14.8 mi
28423 Bolton, NC 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28420?

28420 is in Ash, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.0546, -78.4687.

What county is 28420 in?

28420 lies in Brunswick County.

What area code is 28420?

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

What time zone is 28420 in?

28420 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28420?

About 2,658 people live in ZIP code 28420, in 1,163 households, at 15.5 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 28420?

$53,935 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28420?

The closest are 28452 (6.1 mi), 28470 (7.3 mi), 28469 (8.3 mi), 28459 (9 mi) and 28462 (9.8 mi).

Is 28420 a PO Box ZIP code?

28420 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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