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28543

ZIP 28543 is Tarawa Terrace, North Carolina, in Onslow County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Onslow
Metro area
Jacksonville, NC
Population
6,069
Coordinates
34.7348, -77.3980
☼ Live from 28543 — Tarawa Terrace, NC

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Where 28543 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28543
  • 🔢 Type 28543 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,543 = 17 × 23 × 73. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28542 (Camp Lejeune, NC, 4 mi away) and 28544 (Midway Park, NC, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28543 becomes 34582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23458, 23845, 24538, 24853, 25438, 25843, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83524 in Culdesac, ID, 2,184 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,213 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28543 and you would come out at 34.73°S, 102.60°E — 788 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 4.6 square miles of land, 28543 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,069This ZIP6,069
Households1,645This ZIP1,645
Housing units2,056This ZIP2,056
Median age21.4This ZIP21.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$50,649This ZIP$50,649North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,418This ZIP$1,418North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.9%This ZIP38.9%
Mean commute14.4 minThis ZIP14.4 min
Population density1,325.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,325.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed1,590This ZIP1,590
Total adjusted gross income$68,972,000This ZIP$68,972,000

Land area

Land area4.58 sq miThis ZIP4.58 sq mi
Water area1.52 sq miThis ZIP1.52 sq mi

Other place names in 28543

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

ZIP codes near 28543

ZIPCityDistance
28541 Jacksonville, NC 3.0 mi
28545 Mccutcheon Field, NC 3.0 mi
28542 Camp Lejeune, NC 3.6 mi
28540 Jacksonville, NC 5.8 mi
28546 Jacksonville, NC 6.4 mi
28544 Midway Park, NC 6.7 mi
28547 Camp Lejeune, NC 8.2 mi
28539 Hubert, NC 9.8 mi
28555 Maysville, NC 12.5 mi
28582 Stella, NC 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28543?

28543 is in Tarawa Terrace, North Carolina, in Onslow County, part of the Jacksonville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7348, -77.3980.

What county is 28543 in?

28543 lies in Onslow County.

What area code is 28543?

Tarawa Terrace uses area codes 910 and 472, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28543 in?

28543 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28543?

About 6,069 people live in ZIP code 28543, in 1,645 households, at 1,325.7 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 28543?

$50,649 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28543?

The closest are 28541 (3 mi), 28545 (3 mi), 28542 (3.6 mi), 28540 (5.8 mi) and 28546 (6.4 mi).

Is 28543 a PO Box ZIP code?

28543 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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