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28570

ZIP 28570 is Newport, 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
22,197
Coordinates
34.7770, -76.8805
☼ Live from 28570 — Newport, NC

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Where 28570 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28570
  • 🔢 Type 28570 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,570 = 2 × 5 × 2857. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28564 (New Bern, NC, 25 mi away) and 28571 (Oriental, NC, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28570 becomes 07582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02857, 02875, 05827, 05872, 07825, 07852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85072 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,005 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,239 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28570 and you would come out at 34.78°S, 103.12°E — 760 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 148.8 square miles of land, 28570 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 113 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,197This ZIP22,197
Households9,313This ZIP9,313
Housing units10,966This ZIP10,966
Median age45.1This ZIP45.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$70,229This ZIP$70,229North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$260,000This ZIP$260,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$988This ZIP$988North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.2%This ZIP24.2%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density149.2 / sq miThis ZIP149.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments355This ZIP355
Employees3,094This ZIP3,094
Annual payroll$147,224,000This ZIP$147,224,000
Tax returns filed10,430This ZIP10,430
Total adjusted gross income$699,299,000This ZIP$699,299,000

Land area

Land area148.76 sq miThis ZIP148.76 sq mi
Water area9.29 sq miThis ZIP9.29 sq mi

Other place names in 28570

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

ZIP codes near 28570

ZIPCityDistance
28575 Salter Path, NC 6.1 mi
28512 Atlantic Beach, NC 6.7 mi
28594 Emerald Isle, NC 7.5 mi
28557 Morehead City, NC 7.9 mi
28533 Cherry Point, NC 8.7 mi
28532 Havelock, NC 8.9 mi
28584 Swansboro, NC 13.0 mi
28510 Arapahoe, NC 15.2 mi
28582 Stella, NC 15.5 mi
28516 Beaufort, NC 15.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28570?

28570 is in Newport, North Carolina, in Carteret County, part of the Morehead City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7770, -76.8805.

What county is 28570 in?

28570 lies in Carteret County.

What area code is 28570?

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

What time zone is 28570 in?

28570 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28570?

About 22,197 people live in ZIP code 28570, in 9,313 households, at 149.2 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 28570?

$70,229 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28570?

The closest are 28575 (6.1 mi), 28512 (6.7 mi), 28594 (7.5 mi), 28557 (7.9 mi) and 28533 (8.7 mi).

Is 28570 a PO Box ZIP code?

28570 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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