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28630

ZIP 28630 is Granite Falls, North Carolina, mostly in Caldwell County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caldwell +1 more
Population
19,382
Coordinates
35.8320, -81.4202
☼ Live from 28630 — Granite Falls, NC

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Where 28630 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28630
  • 🔢 Type 28630 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,630 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 409. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28629 (Glendale Springs, NC, 36 mi away) and 28631 (Grassy Creek, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28630 becomes 03682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02368, 02638, 02836, 02863, 03268, 03826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83602 in Banks, ID, 1,909 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯975 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28630 and you would come out at 35.83°S, 98.58°E — 1,025 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 61.0 square miles of land, 28630 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,382This ZIP19,382
Households7,917This ZIP7,917
Housing units9,115This ZIP9,115
Median age47.3This ZIP47.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,835This ZIP$63,835North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$202,400This ZIP$202,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$853This ZIP$853North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.1%This ZIP18.1%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density317.8 / sq miThis ZIP317.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments317This ZIP317
Employees4,350This ZIP4,350
Annual payroll$186,881,000This ZIP$186,881,000
Tax returns filed8,720This ZIP8,720
Total adjusted gross income$620,234,000This ZIP$620,234,000

Land area

Land area60.98 sq miThis ZIP60.98 sq mi
Water area1.91 sq miThis ZIP1.91 sq mi

Counties 28630 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Caldwell County 98.5%
Alexander County 1.5%

Other place names in 28630

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

ZIP codes near 28630

ZIPCityDistance
28638 Hudson, NC 3.4 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 4.0 mi
28601 Hickory, NC 6.7 mi
28637 Hildebran, NC 7.9 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 8.2 mi
28666 Icard, NC 8.3 mi
28633 Lenoir, NC 8.7 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 11.0 mi
28602 Hickory, NC 11.1 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28630?

28630 is in Granite Falls, North Carolina, in Caldwell County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8320, -81.4202.

What county is 28630 in?

28630 spans 2 counties: Caldwell County and Alexander 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 28630?

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

What time zone is 28630 in?

28630 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28630?

About 19,382 people live in ZIP code 28630, in 7,917 households, at 317.8 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 28630?

$63,835 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28630?

The closest are 28638 (3.4 mi), 28667 (4 mi), 28601 (6.7 mi), 28637 (7.9 mi) and 28671 (8.2 mi).

Is 28630 a PO Box ZIP code?

28630 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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