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28621

ZIP 28621 is Elkin, North Carolina, mostly in Surry County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Surry +1 more
Metro area
Mount Airy, NC
Population
9,403
Coordinates
36.2756, -80.7857
☼ Live from 28621 — Elkin, NC

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Where 28621 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28621
  • 🔢 Type 28621 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28621 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28619 (Drexel, NC, 58 mi away) and 28622 (Elk Park, NC, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28621 becomes 12682, 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, 1,339 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯997 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28621 and you would come out at 36.28°S, 99.21°E — 996 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 67.7 square miles of land, 28621 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,403This ZIP9,403
Households4,126This ZIP4,126
Housing units4,843This ZIP4,843
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,616This ZIP$53,616North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$159,000This ZIP$159,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$783This ZIP$783North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.3%This ZIP20.3%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density138.8 / sq miThis ZIP138.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments323This ZIP323
Employees5,251This ZIP5,251
Annual payroll$227,876,000This ZIP$227,876,000
Tax returns filed4,360This ZIP4,360
Total adjusted gross income$262,720,000This ZIP$262,720,000

Land area

Land area67.73 sq miThis ZIP67.73 sq mi
Water area0.52 sq miThis ZIP0.52 sq mi

Counties 28621 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Surry County 68.0%
Wilkes County 32.0%

Other place names in 28621

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

ZIP codes near 28621

ZIPCityDistance
28642 Jonesville, NC 3.9 mi
28676 State Road, NC 5.5 mi
27011 Boonville, NC 6.4 mi
27017 Dobson, NC 7.5 mi
28670 Ronda, NC 9.0 mi
27031 White Plains, NC 9.6 mi
28683 Thurmond, NC 10.6 mi
27020 Hamptonville, NC 11.3 mi
28669 Roaring River, NC 11.9 mi
27047 Siloam, NC 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28621?

28621 is in Elkin, North Carolina, in Surry County, part of the Mount Airy, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2756, -80.7857.

What county is 28621 in?

28621 spans 2 counties: Surry County and Wilkes County. Most of it falls in Surry 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 28621?

Elkin uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28621 in?

28621 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28621?

About 9,403 people live in ZIP code 28621, in 4,126 households, at 138.8 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 28621?

$53,616 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28621?

The closest are 28642 (3.9 mi), 28676 (5.5 mi), 27011 (6.4 mi), 27017 (7.5 mi) and 28670 (9 mi).

Is 28621 a PO Box ZIP code?

28621 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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