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28562

ZIP 28562 is in New Bern, North Carolina, mostly in Craven County; area code 252; Eastern time. New Bern has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 28560, 28561, 28563 and 28564.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Craven +1 more
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Population
39,082
Coordinates
35.0810, -77.1250
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Where 28562 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28562
  • 🔢 Type 28562 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,562 = 2 × 14281. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28561 (New Bern, NC, 3 mi away) and 28563 (New Bern, NC, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28562 becomes 26582 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mannington, WV, 356 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25268, 25286, 25628, 25826, 25862, 26285, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85226 in Chandler, AZ, 1,983 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,218 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28562 and you would come out at 35.08°S, 102.87°E — 778 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 151.7 square miles of land, 28562 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 115 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population39,082This ZIP39,082
Households17,563This ZIP17,563
Housing units19,148This ZIP19,148
Median age46.6This ZIP46.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$75,012This ZIP$75,012North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$277,800This ZIP$277,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,144This ZIP$1,144North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.8%This ZIP34.8%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density257.6 / sq miThis ZIP257.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments946This ZIP946
Employees13,068This ZIP13,068
Annual payroll$617,619,000This ZIP$617,619,000
Tax returns filed19,650This ZIP19,650
Total adjusted gross income$1,613,960,000This ZIP$1,613,960,000

Land area

Land area151.69 sq miThis ZIP151.69 sq mi
Water area3.75 sq miThis ZIP3.75 sq mi

Counties 28562 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Craven County 92.0%
Jones County 8.0%

Other place names in 28562

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ZIP codes near 28562

ZIPCityDistance
28561 New Bern, NC 3.2 mi
28563 New Bern, NC 4.1 mi
28564 New Bern, NC 4.1 mi
28519 Bridgeton, NC 7.1 mi
28573 Pollocksville, NC 8.1 mi
28560 New Bern, NC 8.9 mi
28523 Cove City, NC 13.2 mi
28527 Ernul, NC 13.7 mi
28529 Grantsboro, NC 14.0 mi
28555 Maysville, NC 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28562?

28562 is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0810, -77.1250.

What county is 28562 in?

28562 spans 2 counties: Craven County and Jones County. Most of it falls in Craven 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 28562?

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

What time zone is 28562 in?

28562 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28562?

About 39,082 people live in ZIP code 28562, in 17,563 households, at 257.6 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 28562?

$75,012 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28562?

The closest are 28561 (3.2 mi), 28563 (4.1 mi), 28564 (4.1 mi), 28519 (7.1 mi) and 28573 (8.1 mi).

Is 28562 a PO Box ZIP code?

28562 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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