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28445

ZIP 28445 is Holly Ridge, North Carolina, mostly in Onslow County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Onslow +1 more
Metro area
Jacksonville, NC
Population
10,797
Coordinates
34.5288, -77.5358
☼ Live from 28445 — Holly Ridge, NC

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Where 28445 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28445
  • 🔢 Type 28445 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,445 = 5 × 5689. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28444 (Harrells, NC, 46 mi away) and 28447 (Ivanhoe, NC, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28445 becomes 54482 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stevens Point, WI, 940 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24458, 24485, 24845, 24854, 25844, 28454, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85244 in Chandler, AZ, 1,962 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,212 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28445 and you would come out at 34.53°S, 102.46°E — 794 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 103.7 square miles of land, 28445 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 79 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,797This ZIP10,797
Households4,625This ZIP4,625
Housing units9,146This ZIP9,146
Median age41.2This ZIP41.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$84,016This ZIP$84,016North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$386,100This ZIP$386,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,151This ZIP$1,151North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher45.6%This ZIP45.6%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density104.1 / sq miThis ZIP104.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments379This ZIP379
Employees2,926This ZIP2,926
Annual payroll$108,818,000This ZIP$108,818,000
Tax returns filed5,670This ZIP5,670
Total adjusted gross income$527,673,000This ZIP$527,673,000

Land area

Land area103.75 sq miThis ZIP103.75 sq mi
Water area4.96 sq miThis ZIP4.96 sq mi

Counties 28445 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Onslow County 91.0%
Pender County 9.0%

Other place names in 28445

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ZIP codes near 28445

ZIPCityDistance
28460 Sneads Ferry, NC 6.8 mi
28443 Hampstead, NC 9.5 mi
28454 Maple Hill, NC 11.9 mi
28547 Camp Lejeune, NC 13.8 mi
28541 Jacksonville, NC 14.0 mi
28545 Mccutcheon Field, NC 14.0 mi
28542 Camp Lejeune, NC 14.5 mi
28540 Jacksonville, NC 15.0 mi
28543 Tarawa Terrace, NC 16.2 mi
28544 Midway Park, NC 18.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28445?

28445 is in Holly Ridge, North Carolina, in Onslow County, part of the Jacksonville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.5288, -77.5358.

What county is 28445 in?

28445 spans 2 counties: Onslow County and Pender County. Most of it falls in Onslow 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 28445?

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

What time zone is 28445 in?

28445 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28445?

About 10,797 people live in ZIP code 28445, in 4,625 households, at 104.1 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 28445?

$84,016 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28445?

The closest are 28460 (6.8 mi), 28443 (9.5 mi), 28454 (11.9 mi), 28547 (13.8 mi) and 28541 (14 mi).

Is 28445 a PO Box ZIP code?

28445 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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