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28528

ZIP 28528 is Gloucester, North Carolina, in Carteret County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carteret
Metro area
Morehead City, NC
Population
407
Coordinates
34.7321, -76.5386
☼ Live from 28528 — Gloucester, NC

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Where 28528 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28528
  • 🔢 Type 28528 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,528 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 1783. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28527 (Ernul, NC, 45 mi away) and 28529 (Grantsboro, NC, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28528 becomes 82582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25882, 28258, 28285, 28582, 58228, 58282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85282 in Tempe, AZ, 2,018 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,258 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28528 and you would come out at 34.73°S, 103.46°E — 740 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 2.8 square miles of land, 28528 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population407This ZIP407
Households202This ZIP202
Housing units226This ZIP226
Median age64.3This ZIP64.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$64,000This ZIP$64,000North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$353,800This ZIP$353,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher26.3%This ZIP26.3%
Mean commute38.8 minThis ZIP38.8 min
Population density145.9 / sq miThis ZIP145.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed270This ZIP270
Total adjusted gross income$14,678,000This ZIP$14,678,000

Land area

Land area2.79 sq miThis ZIP2.79 sq mi
Water area0.90 sq miThis ZIP0.90 sq mi

Other place names in 28528

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

ZIP codes near 28528

ZIPCityDistance
28553 Marshallberg, NC 1.7 mi
28531 Harkers Island, NC 2.5 mi
28589 Williston, NC 5.1 mi
28579 Smyrna, NC 5.9 mi
28524 Davis, NC 6.0 mi
28581 Stacy, NC 9.7 mi
28516 Beaufort, NC 9.7 mi
28557 Morehead City, NC 12.0 mi
28577 Sealevel, NC 14.3 mi
28512 Atlantic Beach, NC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28528?

28528 is in Gloucester, North Carolina, in Carteret County, part of the Morehead City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7321, -76.5386.

What county is 28528 in?

28528 lies in Carteret County.

What area code is 28528?

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

What time zone is 28528 in?

28528 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28528?

About 407 people live in ZIP code 28528, in 202 households, at 145.9 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 28528?

$64,000 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28528?

The closest are 28553 (1.7 mi), 28531 (2.5 mi), 28589 (5.1 mi), 28579 (5.9 mi) and 28524 (6 mi).

Is 28528 a PO Box ZIP code?

28528 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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