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28551

ZIP 28551 is La Grange, North Carolina, mostly in Lenoir County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lenoir +2 more
Metro area
Kinston, NC
Population
14,078
Coordinates
35.3213, -77.7809
☼ Live from 28551 — La Grange, NC

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Where 28551 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28551
  • 🔢 Type 28551 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,551 = 3 × 31 × 307. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28547 (Camp Lejeune, NC, 54 mi away) and 28552 (Lowland, NC, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28551 becomes 15582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12585, 12855, 15258, 15825, 18255, 25185, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85251 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,941 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,178 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28551 and you would come out at 35.32°S, 102.22°E — 818 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 132.7 square miles of land, 28551 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 101 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,078This ZIP14,078
Households5,478This ZIP5,478
Housing units6,003This ZIP6,003
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$49,092This ZIP$49,092North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$131,100This ZIP$131,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$868This ZIP$868North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute22.6 minThis ZIP22.6 min
Population density106.1 / sq miThis ZIP106.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments164This ZIP164
Employees1,925This ZIP1,925
Annual payroll$83,482,000This ZIP$83,482,000
Tax returns filed5,970This ZIP5,970
Total adjusted gross income$348,734,000This ZIP$348,734,000

Land area

Land area132.71 sq miThis ZIP132.71 sq mi
Water area0.78 sq miThis ZIP0.78 sq mi

Counties 28551 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lenoir County 58.1%
Wayne County 26.9%
Greene County 15.0%

Other place names in 28551

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

ZIP codes near 28551

ZIPCityDistance
27534 Goldsboro, NC 6.8 mi
28578 Seven Springs, NC 9.6 mi
28504 Kinston, NC 10.4 mi
28503 Kinston, NC 10.5 mi
27531 Goldsboro, NC 10.6 mi
28580 Snow Hill, NC 10.8 mi
28502 Kinston, NC 11.9 mi
28333 Dudley, NC 13.6 mi
28538 Hookerton, NC 13.8 mi
28525 Deep Run, NC 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28551?

28551 is in La Grange, North Carolina, in Lenoir County, part of the Kinston, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3213, -77.7809.

What county is 28551 in?

28551 spans 3 counties: Lenoir County, Wayne County and Greene County. Most of it falls in Lenoir 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 28551?

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

What time zone is 28551 in?

28551 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28551?

About 14,078 people live in ZIP code 28551, in 5,478 households, at 106.1 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 28551?

$49,092 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28551?

The closest are 27534 (6.8 mi), 28578 (9.6 mi), 28504 (10.4 mi), 28503 (10.5 mi) and 27531 (10.6 mi).

Is 28551 a PO Box ZIP code?

28551 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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