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28469

ZIP 28469 is Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, in Brunswick County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brunswick
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Population
10,404
Coordinates
33.9338, -78.4732
☼ Live from 28469 — Ocean Isle Beach, NC

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Where 28469 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28469
  • 🔢 Type 28469 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GghBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,469 = 7 × 7 × 7 × 83. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28468 (Sunset Beach, NC, 4 mi away) and 28470 (Shallotte, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28469 becomes 96482, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24869, 24986, 28649, 28694, 29468, 29486, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96428 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,847 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,180 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28469 and you would come out at 33.93°S, 101.53°E — 842 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 25.7 square miles of land, 28469 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,404This ZIP10,404
Households4,719This ZIP4,719
Housing units9,258This ZIP9,258
Median age61.2This ZIP61.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$90,684This ZIP$90,684North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$463,200This ZIP$463,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$950This ZIP$950North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.0%This ZIP43.0%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density404.2 / sq miThis ZIP404.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments260This ZIP260
Employees2,470This ZIP2,470
Annual payroll$91,071,000This ZIP$91,071,000
Tax returns filed5,230This ZIP5,230
Total adjusted gross income$571,274,000This ZIP$571,274,000

Land area

Land area25.74 sq miThis ZIP25.74 sq mi
Water area1.52 sq miThis ZIP1.52 sq mi

Other place names in 28469

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ZIP codes near 28469

ZIPCityDistance
28459 Shallotte, NC 3.5 mi
28468 Sunset Beach, NC 3.5 mi
28470 Shallotte, NC 5.0 mi
28452 Longwood, NC 6.8 mi
28467 Calabash, NC 6.9 mi
28420 Ash, NC 8.3 mi
28462 Supply, NC 10.3 mi
29566 Little River, SC 11.1 mi
29582 North Myrtle Beach, SC 12.6 mi
29597 North Myrtle Beach, SC 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28469?

28469 is in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9338, -78.4732.

What county is 28469 in?

28469 lies in Brunswick County.

What area code is 28469?

Ocean Isle Beach uses area codes 910 and 472, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28469 in?

28469 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28469?

About 10,404 people live in ZIP code 28469, in 4,719 households, at 404.2 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 28469?

$90,684 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28469?

The closest are 28459 (3.5 mi), 28468 (3.5 mi), 28470 (5 mi), 28452 (6.8 mi) and 28467 (6.9 mi).

Is 28469 a PO Box ZIP code?

28469 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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