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28470

ZIP 28470 is in Shallotte, North Carolina, in Brunswick County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Shallotte has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28459.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brunswick
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Population
11,219
Coordinates
33.9670, -78.3959
☼ Live from 28470 — Shallotte, NC

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Where 28470 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28470
  • 🔢 Type 28470 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,470 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 13 × 73. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28469 (Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 5 mi away) and 28472 (Whiteville, NC, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28470 becomes 07482, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02478, 02748, 02874, 04287, 07428, 07842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84720 in Cedar City, UT, 1,961 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,183 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28470 and you would come out at 33.97°S, 101.60°E — 837 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 44.7 square miles of land, 28470 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,219This ZIP11,219
Households5,161This ZIP5,161
Housing units6,488This ZIP6,488
Median age49.8This ZIP49.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,030This ZIP$65,030North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$276,300This ZIP$276,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,088This ZIP$1,088North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.3%This ZIP20.3%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density251.1 / sq miThis ZIP251.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments385This ZIP385
Employees4,839This ZIP4,839
Annual payroll$180,376,000This ZIP$180,376,000
Tax returns filed5,160This ZIP5,160
Total adjusted gross income$305,462,000This ZIP$305,462,000

Land area

Land area44.68 sq miThis ZIP44.68 sq mi
Water area1.52 sq miThis ZIP1.52 sq mi

Other place names in 28470

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ZIP codes near 28470

ZIPCityDistance
28459 Shallotte, NC 2.5 mi
28469 Ocean Isle Beach, NC 5.0 mi
28462 Supply, NC 5.4 mi
28420 Ash, NC 7.3 mi
28468 Sunset Beach, NC 8.5 mi
28452 Longwood, NC 9.5 mi
28467 Calabash, NC 11.7 mi
28422 Bolivia, NC 12.0 mi
29566 Little River, SC 16.0 mi
28455 Nakina, NC 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28470?

28470 is in Shallotte, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9670, -78.3959.

What county is 28470 in?

28470 lies in Brunswick County.

What area code is 28470?

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

What time zone is 28470 in?

28470 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28470?

About 11,219 people live in ZIP code 28470, in 5,161 households, at 251.1 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 28470?

$65,030 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28470?

The closest are 28459 (2.5 mi), 28469 (5 mi), 28462 (5.4 mi), 28420 (7.3 mi) and 28468 (8.5 mi).

Is 28470 a PO Box ZIP code?

28470 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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