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28609

ZIP 28609 is Catawba, North Carolina, in Catawba County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Catawba
Population
6,615
Coordinates
35.6785, -81.0574
☼ Live from 28609 — Catawba, NC

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Where 28609 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28609
  • 🔢 Type 28609 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,609 = 7 × 61 × 67. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28608 (Boone, NC, 51 mi away) and 28610 (Claremont, NC, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28609 becomes 90682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02896, 06829, 08629, 09628, 09682, 09826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09682 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,101 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯997 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28609 and you would come out at 35.68°S, 98.94°E — 1,003 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 45.7 square miles of land, 28609 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,615This ZIP6,615
Households2,941This ZIP2,941
Housing units3,501This ZIP3,501
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$77,679This ZIP$77,679North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$245,900This ZIP$245,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,238This ZIP$1,238North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.0%This ZIP21.0%
Mean commute32.0 minThis ZIP32.0 min
Population density144.9 / sq miThis ZIP144.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments102This ZIP102
Employees1,105This ZIP1,105
Annual payroll$80,654,000This ZIP$80,654,000
Tax returns filed2,960This ZIP2,960
Total adjusted gross income$271,750,000This ZIP$271,750,000

Land area

Land area45.67 sq miThis ZIP45.67 sq mi
Water area2.01 sq miThis ZIP2.01 sq mi

Other place names in 28609

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

ZIP codes near 28609

ZIPCityDistance
28673 Sherrills Ford, NC 5.3 mi
28610 Claremont, NC 6.1 mi
28682 Terrell, NC 8.1 mi
28677 Statesville, NC 8.4 mi
28010 Barium Springs, NC 9.3 mi
28650 Maiden, NC 9.3 mi
28613 Conover, NC 9.4 mi
28658 Newton, NC 10.4 mi
28166 Troutman, NC 10.6 mi
28678 Stony Point, NC 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28609?

28609 is in Catawba, North Carolina, in Catawba County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6785, -81.0574.

What county is 28609 in?

28609 lies in Catawba County.

What area code is 28609?

Catawba uses area code 828, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28609 in?

28609 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28609?

About 6,615 people live in ZIP code 28609, in 2,941 households, at 144.9 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 28609?

$77,679 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28609?

The closest are 28673 (5.3 mi), 28610 (6.1 mi), 28682 (8.1 mi), 28677 (8.4 mi) and 28010 (9.3 mi).

Is 28609 a PO Box ZIP code?

28609 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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