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28579

ZIP 28579 is Smyrna, 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
331
Coordinates
34.8129, -76.5051
☼ Live from 28579 — Smyrna, NC

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Where 28579 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28579
  • 🔢 Type 28579 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28579 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28578 (Seven Springs, NC, 81 mi away) and 28580 (Snow Hill, NC, 80 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28579 becomes 97582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25879, 25978, 27589, 27895, 27958, 27985, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98527 in Bay Center, WA, 2,570 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,258 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28579 and you would come out at 34.81°S, 103.49°E — 740 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 17.5 square miles of land, 28579 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population331This ZIP331
Households153This ZIP153
Housing units213This ZIP213
Median age62.3This ZIP62.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$64,519This ZIP$64,519North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$506,600This ZIP$506,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher20.9%This ZIP20.9%
Mean commute42.0 minThis ZIP42.0 min
Population density19.0 / sq miThis ZIP19.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$908,000This ZIP$908,000
Tax returns filed290This ZIP290
Total adjusted gross income$17,441,000This ZIP$17,441,000

Land area

Land area17.46 sq miThis ZIP17.46 sq mi
Water area1.19 sq miThis ZIP1.19 sq mi

ZIP codes near 28579

ZIPCityDistance
28589 Williston, NC 1.3 mi
28524 Davis, NC 2.7 mi
28581 Stacy, NC 4.5 mi
28553 Marshallberg, NC 5.1 mi
28528 Gloucester, NC 5.9 mi
28516 Beaufort, NC 7.2 mi
28531 Harkers Island, NC 8.4 mi
28577 Sealevel, NC 8.6 mi
28511 Atlantic, NC 10.9 mi
28520 Cedar Island, NC 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28579?

28579 is in Smyrna, North Carolina, in Carteret County, part of the Morehead City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8129, -76.5051.

What county is 28579 in?

28579 lies in Carteret County.

What area code is 28579?

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

What time zone is 28579 in?

28579 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28579?

About 331 people live in ZIP code 28579, in 153 households, at 19.0 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 28579?

$64,519 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28579?

The closest are 28589 (1.3 mi), 28524 (2.7 mi), 28581 (4.5 mi), 28553 (5.1 mi) and 28528 (5.9 mi).

Is 28579 a PO Box ZIP code?

28579 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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