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28531

ZIP 28531 is Harkers Island, 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
1,060
Coordinates
34.6980, -76.5555
☼ Live from 28531 — Harkers Island, NC

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Where 28531 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28531
  • 🔢 Type 28531 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IESBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,531 = 103 × 277. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28530 (Grifton, NC, 67 mi away) and 28532 (Havelock, NC, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28531 becomes 13582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12538, 12583, 12835, 12853, 13825, 15238, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83251 in Mackay, ID, 2,078 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% 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 28531 and you would come out at 34.70°S, 103.44°E — 741 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 2.2 square miles of land, 28531 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,060This ZIP1,060
Households462This ZIP462
Housing units1,170This ZIP1,170
Median age61.5This ZIP61.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$60,000This ZIP$60,000North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$313,100This ZIP$313,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,125This ZIP$1,125North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.3%This ZIP18.3%
Mean commute30.4 minThis ZIP30.4 min
Population density473.0 / sq miThis ZIP473.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees139This ZIP139
Annual payroll$3,848,000This ZIP$3,848,000
Tax returns filed590This ZIP590
Total adjusted gross income$48,636,000This ZIP$48,636,000

Land area

Land area2.24 sq miThis ZIP2.24 sq mi
Water area1.61 sq miThis ZIP1.61 sq mi

Other place names in 28531

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

ZIP codes near 28531

ZIPCityDistance
28528 Gloucester, NC 2.5 mi
28553 Marshallberg, NC 3.8 mi
28589 Williston, NC 7.6 mi
28579 Smyrna, NC 8.4 mi
28524 Davis, NC 8.5 mi
28557 Morehead City, NC 11.4 mi
28516 Beaufort, NC 11.5 mi
28581 Stacy, NC 12.2 mi
28512 Atlantic Beach, NC 14.3 mi
28577 Sealevel, NC 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28531?

28531 is in Harkers Island, North Carolina, in Carteret County, part of the Morehead City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6980, -76.5555.

What county is 28531 in?

28531 lies in Carteret County.

What area code is 28531?

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

What time zone is 28531 in?

28531 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28531?

About 1,060 people live in ZIP code 28531, in 462 households, at 473.0 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 28531?

$60,000 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28531?

The closest are 28528 (2.5 mi), 28553 (3.8 mi), 28589 (7.6 mi), 28579 (8.4 mi) and 28524 (8.5 mi).

Is 28531 a PO Box ZIP code?

28531 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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