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28610

ZIP 28610 is Claremont, North Carolina, in Catawba County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Catawba
Population
10,192
Coordinates
35.7292, -81.1453
☼ Live from 28610 — Claremont, NC

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Where 28610 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28610
  • 🔢 Type 28610 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OIgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,610 = 2 × 5 × 2861. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28609 (Catawba, NC, 6 mi away) and 28611 (Collettsville, NC, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28610 becomes 01682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01826, 01862, 02186, 02816, 02861, 06128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86021 in Colorado City, AZ, 1,775 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯991 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28610 and you would come out at 35.73°S, 98.85°E — 1,009 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 39.9 square miles of land, 28610 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,192This ZIP10,192
Households4,357This ZIP4,357
Housing units4,860This ZIP4,860
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,722This ZIP$65,722North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$180,900This ZIP$180,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$865This ZIP$865North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.8%This ZIP13.8%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density255.4 / sq miThis ZIP255.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments142This ZIP142
Employees5,075This ZIP5,075
Annual payroll$336,336,000This ZIP$336,336,000
Tax returns filed4,740This ZIP4,740
Total adjusted gross income$280,575,000This ZIP$280,575,000

Land area

Land area39.91 sq miThis ZIP39.91 sq mi
Water area0.81 sq miThis ZIP0.81 sq mi

Other place names in 28610

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

ZIP codes near 28610

ZIPCityDistance
28613 Conover, NC 3.5 mi
28609 Catawba, NC 6.1 mi
28658 Newton, NC 8.1 mi
28678 Stony Point, NC 8.3 mi
28603 Hickory, NC 8.7 mi
28699 Scotts, NC 10.4 mi
28601 Hickory, NC 10.6 mi
28650 Maiden, NC 10.9 mi
28673 Sherrills Ford, NC 11.3 mi
28677 Statesville, NC 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28610?

28610 is in Claremont, North Carolina, in Catawba County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7292, -81.1453.

What county is 28610 in?

28610 lies in Catawba County.

What area code is 28610?

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

What time zone is 28610 in?

28610 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28610?

About 10,192 people live in ZIP code 28610, in 4,357 households, at 255.4 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 28610?

$65,722 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28610?

The closest are 28613 (3.5 mi), 28609 (6.1 mi), 28658 (8.1 mi), 28678 (8.3 mi) and 28603 (8.7 mi).

Is 28610 a PO Box ZIP code?

28610 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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