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28478

ZIP 28478 is Willard, North Carolina, mostly in Pender County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pender +2 more
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Population
5,017
Coordinates
34.6428, -78.0420
☼ Live from 28478 — Willard, NC

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Where 28478 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28478
  • 🔢 Type 28478 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,478 = 2 × 29 × 491. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28472 (Whiteville, NC, 44 mi away) and 28479 (Winnabow, NC, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28478 becomes 87482, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24878, 24887, 27884, 28748, 28784, 42788, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84728 in Garrison, UT, 1,993 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,182 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28478 and you would come out at 34.64°S, 101.96°E — 823 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 122.9 square miles of land, 28478 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 93 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,017This ZIP5,017
Households2,087This ZIP2,087
Housing units2,327This ZIP2,327
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$73,388This ZIP$73,388North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$178,900This ZIP$178,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$718This ZIP$718North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.1%This ZIP15.1%
Mean commute32.6 minThis ZIP32.6 min
Population density40.8 / sq miThis ZIP40.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments53This ZIP53
Employees218This ZIP218
Annual payroll$9,171,000This ZIP$9,171,000
Tax returns filed2,020This ZIP2,020
Total adjusted gross income$104,961,000This ZIP$104,961,000

Land area

Land area122.87 sq miThis ZIP122.87 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Counties 28478 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pender County 91.6%
Sampson County 7.1%
Duplin County 1.3%

Other place names in 28478

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ZIP codes near 28478

ZIPCityDistance
28464 Teachey, NC 9.7 mi
28425 Burgaw, NC 9.9 mi
28466 Wallace, NC 11.6 mi
28421 Atkinson, NC 11.9 mi
28458 Rose Hill, NC 12.4 mi
28447 Ivanhoe, NC 13.5 mi
28453 Magnolia, NC 15.6 mi
28444 Harrells, NC 16.1 mi
28457 Rocky Point, NC 16.1 mi
28435 Currie, NC 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28478?

28478 is in Willard, North Carolina, in Pender County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6428, -78.0420.

What county is 28478 in?

28478 spans 3 counties: Pender County, Sampson County and Duplin County. Most of it falls in Pender 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 28478?

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

What time zone is 28478 in?

28478 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28478?

About 5,017 people live in ZIP code 28478, in 2,087 households, at 40.8 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 28478?

$73,388 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28478?

The closest are 28464 (9.7 mi), 28425 (9.9 mi), 28466 (11.6 mi), 28421 (11.9 mi) and 28458 (12.4 mi).

Is 28478 a PO Box ZIP code?

28478 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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