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28523

ZIP 28523 is Cove City, North Carolina, in Craven County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Craven
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Population
2,753
Coordinates
35.2088, -77.2995
☼ Live from 28523 — Cove City, NC

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Where 28523 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28523
  • 🔢 Type 28523 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,523 = 11 × 2593. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28522 (Comfort, NC, 19 mi away) and 28524 (Davis, NC, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28523 becomes 32582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22538, 22835, 22853, 23285, 25328, 25823, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83522 in Cottonwood, ID, 2,160 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,206 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28523 and you would come out at 35.21°S, 102.70°E — 790 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 65.3 square miles of land, 28523 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,753This ZIP2,753
Households1,116This ZIP1,116
Housing units1,154This ZIP1,154
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$45,452This ZIP$45,452North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$158,600This ZIP$158,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$850This ZIP$850North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.1%This ZIP23.1%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density42.1 / sq miThis ZIP42.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees140This ZIP140
Annual payroll$7,387,000This ZIP$7,387,000
Tax returns filed1,120This ZIP1,120
Total adjusted gross income$64,149,000This ZIP$64,149,000

Land area

Land area65.34 sq miThis ZIP65.34 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Other place names in 28523

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

ZIP codes near 28523

ZIPCityDistance
28526 Dover, NC 6.6 mi
28586 Vanceboro, NC 10.5 mi
28585 Trenton, NC 12.9 mi
28501 Kinston, NC 13.0 mi
28530 Grifton, NC 13.2 mi
28562 New Bern, NC 13.2 mi
28561 New Bern, NC 14.6 mi
28563 New Bern, NC 15.0 mi
28564 New Bern, NC 15.0 mi
28527 Ernul, NC 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28523?

28523 is in Cove City, North Carolina, in Craven County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2088, -77.2995.

What county is 28523 in?

28523 lies in Craven County.

What area code is 28523?

Cove City uses area code 252, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28523 in?

28523 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28523?

About 2,753 people live in ZIP code 28523, in 1,116 households, at 42.1 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 28523?

$45,452 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28523?

The closest are 28526 (6.6 mi), 28586 (10.5 mi), 28585 (12.9 mi), 28501 (13 mi) and 28530 (13.2 mi).

Is 28523 a PO Box ZIP code?

28523 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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