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28465

ZIP 28465 is Oak Island, North Carolina, in Brunswick County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brunswick
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Population
8,756
Coordinates
33.9125, -78.1005
☼ Live from 28465 — Oak Island, NC

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Where 28465 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28465
  • 🔢 Type 28465 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SghBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,465 = 5 × 5693. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28464 (Teachey, NC, 60 mi away) and 28466 (Wallace, NC, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28465 becomes 56482 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wadena, MN, 1,245 miles away.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24586, 24658, 25846, 25864, 26845, 28456, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85246 in Chandler, AZ, 1,933 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,200 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28465 and you would come out at 33.91°S, 101.90°E — 820 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 10.9 square miles of land, 28465 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,756This ZIP8,756
Households4,426This ZIP4,426
Housing units10,904This ZIP10,904
Median age62.0This ZIP62.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$86,194This ZIP$86,194North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$479,500This ZIP$479,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,289This ZIP$1,289North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher45.3%This ZIP45.3%
Mean commute23.1 minThis ZIP23.1 min
Population density802.6 / sq miThis ZIP802.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments202This ZIP202
Employees1,454This ZIP1,454
Annual payroll$47,311,000This ZIP$47,311,000
Tax returns filed4,720This ZIP4,720
Total adjusted gross income$486,347,000This ZIP$486,347,000

Land area

Land area10.91 sq miThis ZIP10.91 sq mi
Water area3.40 sq miThis ZIP3.40 sq mi

Other place names in 28465

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

ZIP codes near 28465

ZIPCityDistance
28461 Southport, NC 4.5 mi
28449 Kure Beach, NC 10.0 mi
28422 Bolivia, NC 11.4 mi
28462 Supply, NC 13.5 mi
28479 Winnabow, NC 13.9 mi
28428 Carolina Beach, NC 14.2 mi
28470 Shallotte, NC 17.3 mi
28459 Shallotte, NC 18.0 mi
28412 Wilmington, NC 18.6 mi
28406 Wilmington, NC 18.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28465?

28465 is in Oak Island, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9125, -78.1005.

What county is 28465 in?

28465 lies in Brunswick County.

What area code is 28465?

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

What time zone is 28465 in?

28465 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28465?

About 8,756 people live in ZIP code 28465, in 4,426 households, at 802.6 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 28465?

$86,194 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28465?

The closest are 28461 (4.5 mi), 28449 (10 mi), 28422 (11.4 mi), 28462 (13.5 mi) and 28479 (13.9 mi).

Is 28465 a PO Box ZIP code?

28465 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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