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28619

ZIP 28619 is Drexel, North Carolina, in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke
Population
487
Coordinates
35.7601, -81.6068
☼ Live from 28619 — Drexel, NC

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Where 28619 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28619
  • 🔢 Type 28619 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GIgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28619 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28618 (Deep Gap, NC, 32 mi away) and 28621 (Elkin, NC, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28619 becomes 91682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12986, 16829, 16928, 18629, 18962, 21869, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96218 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,121 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯967 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28619 and you would come out at 35.76°S, 98.39°E — 1,035 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 0.472 square miles of land, 28619 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 228 football fields.
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People and housing

Population487This ZIP487
Households216This ZIP216
Housing units227This ZIP227
Median age59.9This ZIP59.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$34,881This ZIP$34,881North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$198,600This ZIP$198,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$759This ZIP$759North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.0%This ZIP10.0%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density1,031.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,031.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees265This ZIP265
Annual payroll$7,221,000This ZIP$7,221,000

Land area

Land area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28619

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

ZIP codes near 28619

ZIPCityDistance
28690 Valdese, NC 2.6 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 4.5 mi
28680 Morganton, NC 5.0 mi
28655 Morganton, NC 8.0 mi
28666 Icard, NC 8.2 mi
28612 Connelly Springs, NC 8.5 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 9.3 mi
28628 Glen Alpine, NC 9.9 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 10.2 mi
28637 Hildebran, NC 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28619?

28619 is in Drexel, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7601, -81.6068.

What county is 28619 in?

28619 lies in Burke County.

What area code is 28619?

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

What time zone is 28619 in?

28619 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28619?

About 487 people live in ZIP code 28619, in 216 households, at 1,031.8 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 28619?

$34,881 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28619?

The closest are 28690 (2.6 mi), 28671 (4.5 mi), 28680 (5 mi), 28655 (8 mi) and 28666 (8.2 mi).

Is 28619 a PO Box ZIP code?

28619 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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