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28575

ZIP 28575 is Salter Path, 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
169
Coordinates
34.6882, -76.8809
☼ Live from 28575 — Salter Path, NC

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Where 28575 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28575
  • 🔢 Type 28575 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SLSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,575 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 127. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28574 (Richlands, NC, 42 mi away) and 28577 (Sealevel, NC, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28575 becomes 57582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25857, 25875, 27855, 28557, 28755, 52758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85257 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,997 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,241 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28575 and you would come out at 34.69°S, 103.12°E — 759 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 0.239 square miles of land, 28575 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 116 football fields.
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People and housing

Population169This ZIP169
Households83This ZIP83
Housing units299This ZIP299
Median age48.8This ZIP48.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median home value$439,100This ZIP$439,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher37.1%This ZIP37.1%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density707.1 / sq miThis ZIP707.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$1,628,000This ZIP$1,628,000

Land area

Land area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28575

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

ZIP codes near 28575

ZIPCityDistance
28512 Atlantic Beach, NC 4.3 mi
28594 Emerald Isle, NC 5.4 mi
28570 Newport, NC 6.1 mi
28557 Morehead City, NC 8.2 mi
28584 Swansboro, NC 12.7 mi
28533 Cherry Point, NC 14.8 mi
28532 Havelock, NC 15.0 mi
28582 Stella, NC 15.9 mi
28531 Harkers Island, NC 18.5 mi
28516 Beaufort, NC 18.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28575?

28575 is in Salter Path, North Carolina, in Carteret County, part of the Morehead City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6882, -76.8809.

What county is 28575 in?

28575 lies in Carteret County.

What area code is 28575?

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

What time zone is 28575 in?

28575 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28575?

About 169 people live in ZIP code 28575, in 83 households, at 707.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 28575?

The closest are 28512 (4.3 mi), 28594 (5.4 mi), 28570 (6.1 mi), 28557 (8.2 mi) and 28584 (12.7 mi).

Is 28575 a PO Box ZIP code?

28575 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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