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28612

ZIP 28612 is Connelly Springs, North Carolina, mostly in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke +1 more
Population
11,290
Coordinates
35.6504, -81.5376
☼ Live from 28612 — Connelly Springs, NC

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Where 28612 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28612
  • 🔢 Type 28612 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,612 = 2 × 2 × 23 × 311. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28611 (Collettsville, NC, 27 mi away) and 28613 (Conover, NC, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28612 becomes 21682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12862, 16228, 16822, 18622, 21286, 21628, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81226 in Florence, CO, 1,309 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯973 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28612 and you would come out at 35.65°S, 98.46°E — 1,030 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 80.0 square miles of land, 28612 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,290This ZIP11,290
Households4,763This ZIP4,763
Housing units5,228This ZIP5,228
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$54,934This ZIP$54,934North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$162,400This ZIP$162,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$872This ZIP$872North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.1%This ZIP14.1%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density141.1 / sq miThis ZIP141.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments116This ZIP116
Employees1,397This ZIP1,397
Annual payroll$57,961,000This ZIP$57,961,000
Tax returns filed4,990This ZIP4,990
Total adjusted gross income$281,547,000This ZIP$281,547,000

Land area

Land area80.01 sq miThis ZIP80.01 sq mi
Water area0.79 sq miThis ZIP0.79 sq mi

Counties 28612 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Burke County 98.3%
Catawba County 1.7%

Other place names in 28612

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

ZIP codes near 28612

ZIPCityDistance
28666 Icard, NC 6.0 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 6.1 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 6.9 mi
28637 Hildebran, NC 8.1 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 8.5 mi
28602 Hickory, NC 8.8 mi
28168 Vale, NC 9.3 mi
28020 Casar, NC 10.6 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 10.6 mi
28680 Morganton, NC 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28612?

28612 is in Connelly Springs, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6504, -81.5376.

What county is 28612 in?

28612 spans 2 counties: Burke County and Catawba County. Most of it falls in Burke 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 28612?

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

What time zone is 28612 in?

28612 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28612?

About 11,290 people live in ZIP code 28612, in 4,763 households, at 141.1 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 28612?

$54,934 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28612?

The closest are 28666 (6 mi), 28690 (6.1 mi), 28671 (6.9 mi), 28637 (8.1 mi) and 28619 (8.5 mi).

Is 28612 a PO Box ZIP code?

28612 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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