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28590

ZIP 28590 is Winterville, North Carolina, in Pitt County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pitt
Metro area
Greenville, NC
Population
27,471
Coordinates
35.5207, -77.4167
☼ Live from 28590 — Winterville, NC

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Where 28590 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28590
  • 🔢 Type 28590 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,590 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 953. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28589 (Williston, NC, 72 mi away) and 28594 (Emerald Isle, NC, 62 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28590 becomes 09582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02859, 02895, 05829, 09258, 09825, 09852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09852 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,904 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,192 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28590 and you would come out at 35.52°S, 102.58°E — 801 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 41.2 square miles of land, 28590 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,471This ZIP27,471
Households11,085This ZIP11,085
Housing units11,794This ZIP11,794
Median age37.0This ZIP37.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$83,880This ZIP$83,880North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$266,400This ZIP$266,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,143This ZIP$1,143North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.7%This ZIP39.7%
Mean commute21.7 minThis ZIP21.7 min
Population density666.5 / sq miThis ZIP666.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments464This ZIP464
Employees5,730This ZIP5,730
Annual payroll$234,388,000This ZIP$234,388,000
Tax returns filed13,380This ZIP13,380
Total adjusted gross income$1,146,868,000This ZIP$1,146,868,000

Land area

Land area41.22 sq miThis ZIP41.22 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 28590

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

ZIP codes near 28590

ZIPCityDistance
27833 Greenville, NC 4.3 mi
27836 Greenville, NC 4.3 mi
28513 Ayden, NC 5.6 mi
27835 Greenville, NC 5.9 mi
27811 Bellarthur, NC 7.0 mi
27858 Greenville, NC 7.6 mi
27879 Simpson, NC 8.6 mi
27834 Greenville, NC 9.6 mi
27828 Farmville, NC 10.1 mi
28530 Grifton, NC 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28590?

28590 is in Winterville, North Carolina, in Pitt County, part of the Greenville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5207, -77.4167.

What county is 28590 in?

28590 lies in Pitt County.

What area code is 28590?

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

What time zone is 28590 in?

28590 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28590?

About 27,471 people live in ZIP code 28590, in 11,085 households, at 666.5 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 28590?

$83,880 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28590?

The closest are 27833 (4.3 mi), 27836 (4.3 mi), 28513 (5.6 mi), 27835 (5.9 mi) and 27811 (7 mi).

Is 28590 a PO Box ZIP code?

28590 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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