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28611

ZIP 28611 is Collettsville, North Carolina, mostly in Caldwell County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caldwell +1 more
Population
424
Coordinates
36.0060, -81.7370
☼ Live from 28611 — Collettsville, NC

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Where 28611 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28611
  • 🔢 Type 28611 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,611 = 3 × 3 × 11 × 17 × 17. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28610 (Claremont, NC, 38 mi away) and 28612 (Connelly Springs, NC, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28611 becomes 11682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12168, 12186, 12816, 12861, 16218, 16821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81621 in Basalt, CO, 1,389 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯954 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28611 and you would come out at 36.01°S, 98.26°E — 1,045 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 72.3 square miles of land, 28611 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population424This ZIP424
Households229This ZIP229
Housing units439This ZIP439
Median age53.9This ZIP53.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher12.0%This ZIP12.0%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density5.9 / sq miThis ZIP5.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$1,369,000This ZIP$1,369,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$18,136,000This ZIP$18,136,000

Land area

Land area72.30 sq miThis ZIP72.30 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 28611 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Caldwell County 81.0%
Avery County 19.0%

ZIP codes near 28611

ZIPCityDistance
28646 Linville, NC 7.7 mi
28662 Pineola, NC 8.7 mi
28605 Blowing Rock, NC 8.9 mi
28641 Jonas Ridge, NC 9.1 mi
28661 Patterson, NC 9.8 mi
28653 Montezuma, NC 10.1 mi
28645 Lenoir, NC 10.7 mi
28616 Crossnore, NC 10.9 mi
28657 Newland, NC 11.5 mi
28647 Linville Falls, NC 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28611?

28611 is in Collettsville, North Carolina, in Caldwell County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0060, -81.7370.

What county is 28611 in?

28611 spans 2 counties: Caldwell County and Avery County. Most of it falls in Caldwell 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 28611?

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

What time zone is 28611 in?

28611 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28611?

About 424 people live in ZIP code 28611, in 229 households, at 5.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 28611?

The closest are 28646 (7.7 mi), 28662 (8.7 mi), 28605 (8.9 mi), 28641 (9.1 mi) and 28661 (9.8 mi).

Is 28611 a PO Box ZIP code?

28611 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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