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28573

ZIP 28573 is Pollocksville, North Carolina, mostly in Jones County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Jones +1 more
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Population
1,874
Coordinates
34.9799, -77.1975
☼ Live from 28573 — Pollocksville, NC

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Where 28573 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28573
  • 🔢 Type 28573 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28573 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28572 (Pink Hill, NC, 30 mi away) and 28574 (Richlands, NC, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28573 becomes 37582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23857, 23875, 25387, 25837, 25873, 27358, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83725 in Boise, ID, 2,148 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,217 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28573 and you would come out at 34.98°S, 102.80°E — 781 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 103.5 square miles of land, 28573 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 79 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,874This ZIP1,874
Households887This ZIP887
Housing units1,011This ZIP1,011
Median age52.9This ZIP52.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,554This ZIP$63,554North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$154,200This ZIP$154,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$677This ZIP$677North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.3%This ZIP24.3%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density18.1 / sq miThis ZIP18.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees240This ZIP240
Annual payroll$10,799,000This ZIP$10,799,000
Tax returns filed940This ZIP940
Total adjusted gross income$57,823,000This ZIP$57,823,000

Land area

Land area103.54 sq miThis ZIP103.54 sq mi
Water area1.25 sq miThis ZIP1.25 sq mi

Counties 28573 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Jones County 98.4%
Craven County 1.6%

Other place names in 28573

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

ZIP codes near 28573

ZIPCityDistance
28562 New Bern, NC 8.1 mi
28555 Maysville, NC 8.3 mi
28561 New Bern, NC 11.0 mi
28563 New Bern, NC 11.8 mi
28564 New Bern, NC 11.8 mi
28585 Trenton, NC 13.4 mi
28519 Bridgeton, NC 14.6 mi
28546 Jacksonville, NC 15.2 mi
28560 New Bern, NC 16.0 mi
28582 Stella, NC 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28573?

28573 is in Pollocksville, North Carolina, in Jones County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9799, -77.1975.

What county is 28573 in?

28573 spans 2 counties: Jones County and Craven County. Most of it falls in Jones 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 28573?

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

What time zone is 28573 in?

28573 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28573?

About 1,874 people live in ZIP code 28573, in 887 households, at 18.1 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 28573?

$63,554 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28573?

The closest are 28562 (8.1 mi), 28555 (8.3 mi), 28561 (11 mi), 28563 (11.8 mi) and 28564 (11.8 mi).

Is 28573 a PO Box ZIP code?

28573 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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