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28578

ZIP 28578 is Seven Springs, North Carolina, mostly in Wayne County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wayne +2 more
Metro area
Goldsboro, NC
Population
4,219
Coordinates
35.1970, -77.8570
☼ Live from 28578 — Seven Springs, NC

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Where 28578 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28578
  • 🔢 Type 28578 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,578 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 433. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28577 (Sealevel, NC, 85 mi away) and 28579 (Smyrna, NC, 81 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28578 becomes 87582 — and that is a real ZIP code: Velarde, NM, 1,575 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25878, 27588, 27858, 27885, 28587, 28758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85287 in Tempe, AZ, 1,939 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,177 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28578 and you would come out at 35.20°S, 102.14°E — 820 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 65.5 square miles of land, 28578 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,219This ZIP4,219
Households1,428This ZIP1,428
Housing units1,953This ZIP1,953
Median age35.5This ZIP35.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,900This ZIP$69,900North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$95,300This ZIP$95,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$786This ZIP$786North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.1%This ZIP9.1%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density64.4 / sq miThis ZIP64.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees138This ZIP138
Annual payroll$4,427,000This ZIP$4,427,000
Tax returns filed2,230This ZIP2,230
Total adjusted gross income$106,120,000This ZIP$106,120,000

Land area

Land area65.52 sq miThis ZIP65.52 sq mi
Water area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi

Counties 28578 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wayne County 57.6%
Lenoir County 27.8%
Duplin County 14.5%

Other place names in 28578

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ZIP codes near 28578

ZIPCityDistance
28508 Albertson, NC 7.0 mi
28551 La Grange, NC 9.6 mi
28525 Deep Run, NC 10.6 mi
28333 Dudley, NC 10.9 mi
28365 Mount Olive, NC 11.2 mi
27531 Goldsboro, NC 11.9 mi
27534 Goldsboro, NC 12.0 mi
28504 Kinston, NC 12.7 mi
28325 Calypso, NC 14.3 mi
28572 Pink Hill, NC 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28578?

28578 is in Seven Springs, North Carolina, in Wayne County, part of the Goldsboro, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1970, -77.8570.

What county is 28578 in?

28578 spans 3 counties: Wayne County, Lenoir County and Duplin County. Most of it falls in Wayne 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 time zone is 28578 in?

28578 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28578?

About 4,219 people live in ZIP code 28578, in 1,428 households, at 64.4 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 28578?

$69,900 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28578?

The closest are 28508 (7 mi), 28551 (9.6 mi), 28525 (10.6 mi), 28333 (10.9 mi) and 28365 (11.2 mi).

Is 28578 a PO Box ZIP code?

28578 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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