Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/28532

28532

ZIP 28532 is Havelock, 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
20,908
Coordinates
34.9050, -76.8867
☼ Live from 28532 — Havelock, NC

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 28532 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28532
  • 🔢 Type 28532 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZESBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,532 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 1019. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28531 (Harkers Island, NC, 24 mi away) and 28533 (Cherry Point, NC, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28532 becomes 23582, 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, 2,191 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,235 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28532 and you would come out at 34.91°S, 103.11°E — 762 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 165.4 square miles of land, 28532 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 126 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 28532 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population20,908This ZIP20,908
Households8,214This ZIP8,214
Housing units9,403This ZIP9,403
Median age30.9This ZIP30.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$60,605This ZIP$60,605North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$218,000This ZIP$218,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,269This ZIP$1,269North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density126.4 / sq miThis ZIP126.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments325This ZIP325
Employees3,466This ZIP3,466
Annual payroll$130,072,000This ZIP$130,072,000
Tax returns filed9,670This ZIP9,670
Total adjusted gross income$514,921,000This ZIP$514,921,000

Land area

Land area165.42 sq miThis ZIP165.42 sq mi
Water area36.74 sq miThis ZIP36.74 sq mi

Other place names in 28532

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

ZIP codes near 28532

ZIPCityDistance
28533 Cherry Point, NC 0.8 mi
28510 Arapahoe, NC 7.4 mi
28570 Newport, NC 8.9 mi
28529 Grantsboro, NC 13.7 mi
28557 Morehead City, NC 13.9 mi
28571 Oriental, NC 14.2 mi
28512 Atlantic Beach, NC 14.8 mi
28594 Emerald Isle, NC 14.9 mi
28575 Salter Path, NC 15.0 mi
28516 Beaufort, NC 15.5 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 28532 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28532?

28532 is in Havelock, North Carolina, in Craven County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9050, -76.8867.

What county is 28532 in?

28532 lies in Craven County.

What area code is 28532?

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

What time zone is 28532 in?

28532 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28532?

About 20,908 people live in ZIP code 28532, in 8,214 households, at 126.4 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 28532?

$60,605 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28532?

The closest are 28533 (0.8 mi), 28510 (7.4 mi), 28570 (8.9 mi), 28529 (13.7 mi) and 28557 (13.9 mi).

Is 28532 a PO Box ZIP code?

28532 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “28532 ZIP Code — Havelock, North Carolina (Craven County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28532

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28532.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.