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28526

ZIP 28526 is Dover, North Carolina, mostly in Craven County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Craven +2 more
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Population
1,842
Coordinates
35.2447, -77.4084
☼ Live from 28526 — Dover, NC

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Where 28526 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28526
  • 🔢 Type 28526 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,526 = 2 × 17 × 839. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28525 (Deep Run, NC, 18 mi away) and 28527 (Ernul, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28526 becomes 62582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25268, 25286, 25628, 25826, 25862, 26285, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85226 in Chandler, AZ, 1,966 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,199 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28526 and you would come out at 35.24°S, 102.59°E — 796 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 95.8 square miles of land, 28526 is bigger than 77% of ZIP codes — room for about 73 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,842This ZIP1,842
Households980This ZIP980
Housing units1,220This ZIP1,220
Median age55.2This ZIP55.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$39,110This ZIP$39,110North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$124,200This ZIP$124,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$920This ZIP$920North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.9%This ZIP20.9%
Mean commute35.1 minThis ZIP35.1 min
Population density19.2 / sq miThis ZIP19.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees115This ZIP115
Annual payroll$4,381,000This ZIP$4,381,000
Tax returns filed990This ZIP990
Total adjusted gross income$50,010,000This ZIP$50,010,000

Land area

Land area95.76 sq miThis ZIP95.76 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Counties 28526 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Craven County 62.6%
Jones County 31.6%
Lenoir County 5.8%

Other place names in 28526

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

ZIP codes near 28526

ZIPCityDistance
28523 Cove City, NC 6.6 mi
28501 Kinston, NC 6.7 mi
28530 Grifton, NC 8.9 mi
28502 Kinston, NC 9.8 mi
28503 Kinston, NC 11.7 mi
28504 Kinston, NC 12.9 mi
28585 Trenton, NC 13.5 mi
28513 Ayden, NC 13.7 mi
28586 Vanceboro, NC 14.1 mi
28538 Hookerton, NC 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28526?

28526 is in Dover, North Carolina, in Craven County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2447, -77.4084.

What county is 28526 in?

28526 spans 3 counties: Craven County, Jones County and Lenoir County. Most of it falls in Craven 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 28526?

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

What time zone is 28526 in?

28526 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28526?

About 1,842 people live in ZIP code 28526, in 980 households, at 19.2 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 28526?

$39,110 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28526?

The closest are 28523 (6.6 mi), 28501 (6.7 mi), 28530 (8.9 mi), 28502 (9.8 mi) and 28503 (11.7 mi).

Is 28526 a PO Box ZIP code?

28526 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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