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28613

ZIP 28613 is Conover, North Carolina, in Catawba County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Catawba
Population
23,357
Coordinates
35.7376, -81.2077
☼ Live from 28613 — Conover, NC

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Where 28613 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28613
  • 🔢 Type 28613 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EIgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,613 = 13 × 31 × 71. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28612 (Connelly Springs, NC, 19 mi away) and 28615 (Creston, NC, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28613 becomes 31682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12836, 12863, 13628, 13682, 13826, 13862, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83612 in Council, ID, 1,947 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯988 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28613 and you would come out at 35.74°S, 98.79°E — 1,012 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 42.4 square miles of land, 28613 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,357This ZIP23,357
Households9,429This ZIP9,429
Housing units10,254This ZIP10,254
Median age39.7This ZIP39.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,707This ZIP$58,707North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$230,100This ZIP$230,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$883This ZIP$883North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.6%This ZIP21.6%
Mean commute21.0 minThis ZIP21.0 min
Population density551.4 / sq miThis ZIP551.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments546This ZIP546
Employees12,724This ZIP12,724
Annual payroll$623,024,000This ZIP$623,024,000
Tax returns filed10,830This ZIP10,830
Total adjusted gross income$720,266,000This ZIP$720,266,000

Land area

Land area42.36 sq miThis ZIP42.36 sq mi
Water area0.70 sq miThis ZIP0.70 sq mi

Other place names in 28613

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

ZIP codes near 28613

ZIPCityDistance
28610 Claremont, NC 3.5 mi
28603 Hickory, NC 6.0 mi
28658 Newton, NC 7.1 mi
28601 Hickory, NC 7.1 mi
28609 Catawba, NC 9.4 mi
28678 Stony Point, NC 10.1 mi
28602 Hickory, NC 10.8 mi
28650 Maiden, NC 11.8 mi
28637 Hildebran, NC 12.0 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28613?

28613 is in Conover, North Carolina, in Catawba County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7376, -81.2077.

What county is 28613 in?

28613 lies in Catawba County.

What area code is 28613?

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

What time zone is 28613 in?

28613 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28613?

About 23,357 people live in ZIP code 28613, in 9,429 households, at 551.4 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 28613?

$58,707 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28613?

The closest are 28610 (3.5 mi), 28603 (6 mi), 28658 (7.1 mi), 28601 (7.1 mi) and 28609 (9.4 mi).

Is 28613 a PO Box ZIP code?

28613 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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