Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/28636

28636

ZIP 28636 is Hiddenite, North Carolina, mostly in Alexander County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Alexander +1 more
Population
4,496
Coordinates
35.9394, -81.0634
☼ Live from 28636 — Hiddenite, NC

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 28636 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28636
  • 🔢 Type 28636 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,636 = 2 × 2 × 7159. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28635 (Hays, NC, 27 mi away) and 28637 (Hildebran, NC, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28636 becomes 63682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23668, 23866, 26386, 26638, 26836, 28366, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83626 in Greenleaf, ID, 1,955 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯990 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28636 and you would come out at 35.94°S, 98.94°E — 1,007 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 57.8 square miles of land, 28636 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 28636 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population4,496This ZIP4,496
Households1,860This ZIP1,860
Housing units1,958This ZIP1,958
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,435This ZIP$65,435North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$225,100This ZIP$225,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$761This ZIP$761North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.3%This ZIP8.3%
Mean commute28.1 minThis ZIP28.1 min
Population density77.8 / sq miThis ZIP77.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments61This ZIP61
Employees1,079This ZIP1,079
Annual payroll$43,546,000This ZIP$43,546,000
Tax returns filed2,170This ZIP2,170
Total adjusted gross income$120,932,000This ZIP$120,932,000

Land area

Land area57.78 sq miThis ZIP57.78 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 28636 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Alexander County 93.4%
Iredell County 6.6%

Other place names in 28636

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

ZIP codes near 28636

ZIPCityDistance
28678 Stony Point, NC 7.4 mi
28699 Scotts, NC 8.1 mi
28681 Taylorsville, NC 9.0 mi
28654 Moravian Falls, NC 9.8 mi
28689 Union Grove, NC 10.2 mi
28625 Statesville, NC 10.9 mi
28660 Olin, NC 11.8 mi
28688 Turnersburg, NC 14.5 mi
28687 Statesville, NC 14.7 mi
28697 Wilkesboro, NC 14.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 28636 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28636?

28636 is in Hiddenite, North Carolina, in Alexander County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9394, -81.0634.

What county is 28636 in?

28636 spans 2 counties: Alexander County and Iredell County. Most of it falls in Alexander 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 time zone is 28636 in?

28636 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28636?

About 4,496 people live in ZIP code 28636, in 1,860 households, at 77.8 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 28636?

$65,435 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28636?

The closest are 28678 (7.4 mi), 28699 (8.1 mi), 28681 (9 mi), 28654 (9.8 mi) and 28689 (10.2 mi).

Is 28636 a PO Box ZIP code?

28636 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “28636 ZIP Code — Hiddenite, North Carolina (Alexander County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28636

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/28636.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.