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28606

ZIP 28606 is Boomer, North Carolina, mostly in Wilkes County; area code 336; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wilkes +1 more
Population
2,187
Coordinates
36.0518, -81.3069
☼ Live from 28606 — Boomer, NC

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Where 28606 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28606
  • 🔢 Type 28606 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,606 = 2 × 14303. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28605 (Blowing Rock, NC, 22 mi away) and 28607 (Boone, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28606 becomes 60682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chicago, IL, 526 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02668, 06268, 20686, 20866, 26680, 28660, …). The farthest-flung twin is 80266 in Denver, CO, 1,308 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯975 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28606 and you would come out at 36.05°S, 98.69°E — 1,022 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 43.0 square miles of land, 28606 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,187This ZIP2,187
Households844This ZIP844
Housing units1,032This ZIP1,032
Median age52.3This ZIP52.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$56,600This ZIP$56,600North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$95,900This ZIP$95,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher8.6%This ZIP8.6%
Mean commute35.4 minThis ZIP35.4 min
Population density50.8 / sq miThis ZIP50.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees157This ZIP157
Annual payroll$5,894,000This ZIP$5,894,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$47,124,000This ZIP$47,124,000

Land area

Land area43.01 sq miThis ZIP43.01 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Counties 28606 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wilkes County 88.9%
Caldwell County 11.1%

ZIP codes near 28606

ZIPCityDistance
28624 Ferguson, NC 7.6 mi
28654 Moravian Falls, NC 8.3 mi
28697 Wilkesboro, NC 10.0 mi
28681 Taylorsville, NC 10.1 mi
28665 Purlear, NC 11.5 mi
28645 Lenoir, NC 14.4 mi
28659 North Wilkesboro, NC 14.4 mi
28661 Patterson, NC 14.8 mi
28636 Hiddenite, NC 15.7 mi
28633 Lenoir, NC 16.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28606?

28606 is in Boomer, North Carolina, in Wilkes County, part of the North Wilkesboro, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0518, -81.3069.

What county is 28606 in?

28606 spans 2 counties: Wilkes County and Caldwell County. Most of it falls in Wilkes 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 28606?

Boomer uses area code 336, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28606 in?

28606 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28606?

About 2,187 people live in ZIP code 28606, in 844 households, at 50.8 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 28606?

$56,600 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28606?

The closest are 28624 (7.6 mi), 28654 (8.3 mi), 28697 (10 mi), 28681 (10.1 mi) and 28665 (11.5 mi).

Is 28606 a PO Box ZIP code?

28606 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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