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28637

ZIP 28637 is Hildebran, North Carolina, in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke
Population
1,911
Coordinates
35.7177, -81.4194
☼ Live from 28637 — Hildebran, NC

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Where 28637 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28637
  • 🔢 Type 28637 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,637 = 7 × 4091. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28636 (Hiddenite, NC, 25 mi away) and 28638 (Hudson, NC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28637 becomes 73682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23867, 23876, 26378, 27836, 27863, 28367, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83672 in Weiser, ID, 1,955 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯977 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28637 and you would come out at 35.72°S, 98.58°E — 1,024 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 2.6 square miles of land, 28637 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,911This ZIP1,911
Households772This ZIP772
Housing units804This ZIP804
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$67,500This ZIP$67,500North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$197,900This ZIP$197,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$753This ZIP$753North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute19.5 minThis ZIP19.5 min
Population density723.6 / sq miThis ZIP723.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments73This ZIP73
Employees1,189This ZIP1,189
Annual payroll$53,206,000This ZIP$53,206,000
Tax returns filed1,020This ZIP1,020
Total adjusted gross income$56,422,000This ZIP$56,422,000

Land area

Land area2.64 sq miThis ZIP2.64 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28637

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

ZIP codes near 28637

ZIPCityDistance
28666 Icard, NC 2.9 mi
28602 Hickory, NC 3.7 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 3.9 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 6.4 mi
28601 Hickory, NC 6.4 mi
28603 Hickory, NC 7.9 mi
28630 Granite Falls, NC 7.9 mi
28612 Connelly Springs, NC 8.1 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 8.7 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 9.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28637?

28637 is in Hildebran, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7177, -81.4194.

What county is 28637 in?

28637 lies in Burke County.

What area code is 28637?

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

What time zone is 28637 in?

28637 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28637?

About 1,911 people live in ZIP code 28637, in 772 households, at 723.6 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 28637?

$67,500 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28637?

The closest are 28666 (2.9 mi), 28602 (3.7 mi), 28667 (3.9 mi), 28671 (6.4 mi) and 28601 (6.4 mi).

Is 28637 a PO Box ZIP code?

28637 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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