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28425

ZIP 28425 is Burgaw, North Carolina, in Pender County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pender
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Population
11,380
Coordinates
34.5607, -77.9004
☼ Live from 28425 — Burgaw, NC

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Where 28425 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28425
  • 🔢 Type 28425 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SZhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,425 = 3 × 5 × 5 × 379. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28424 (Brunswick, NC, 49 mi away) and 28428 (Carolina Beach, NC, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28425 becomes 52482, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22485, 22548, 22845, 24258, 24528, 25248, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85224 in Chandler, AZ, 1,940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,192 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28425 and you would come out at 34.56°S, 102.10°E — 815 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 153.5 square miles of land, 28425 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 117 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,380This ZIP11,380
Households4,382This ZIP4,382
Housing units4,985This ZIP4,985
Median age44.7This ZIP44.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,478This ZIP$66,478North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$217,100This ZIP$217,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$939This ZIP$939North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.9%This ZIP22.9%
Mean commute27.9 minThis ZIP27.9 min
Population density74.2 / sq miThis ZIP74.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments223This ZIP223
Employees2,890This ZIP2,890
Annual payroll$117,830,000This ZIP$117,830,000
Tax returns filed4,450This ZIP4,450
Total adjusted gross income$264,152,000This ZIP$264,152,000

Land area

Land area153.46 sq miThis ZIP153.46 sq mi
Water area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi

Other place names in 28425

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

ZIP codes near 28425

ZIPCityDistance
28457 Rocky Point, NC 7.4 mi
28478 Willard, NC 9.9 mi
28466 Wallace, NC 12.5 mi
28443 Hampstead, NC 13.0 mi
28429 Castle Hayne, NC 15.2 mi
28402 Wilmington, NC 15.2 mi
28421 Atkinson, NC 15.7 mi
28454 Maple Hill, NC 15.9 mi
28435 Currie, NC 16.0 mi
28464 Teachey, NC 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28425?

28425 is in Burgaw, North Carolina, in Pender County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.5607, -77.9004.

What county is 28425 in?

28425 lies in Pender County.

What area code is 28425?

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

What time zone is 28425 in?

28425 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28425?

About 11,380 people live in ZIP code 28425, in 4,382 households, at 74.2 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 28425?

$66,478 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28425?

The closest are 28457 (7.4 mi), 28478 (9.9 mi), 28466 (12.5 mi), 28443 (13 mi) and 28429 (15.2 mi).

Is 28425 a PO Box ZIP code?

28425 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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