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28645

ZIP 28645 is in Lenoir, North Carolina, mostly in Caldwell County; area code 828; Eastern time. Lenoir has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28633.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caldwell +3 more
Population
45,997
Coordinates
35.9788, -81.5478
☼ Live from 28645 — Lenoir, NC

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Where 28645 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28645
  • 🔢 Type 28645 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,645 = 5 × 17 × 337. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28644 (Laurel Springs, NC, 34 mi away) and 28646 (Linville, NC, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28645 becomes 54682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24586, 24658, 25846, 25864, 26845, 28456, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85246 in Chandler, AZ, 1,725 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯964 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28645 and you would come out at 35.98°S, 98.45°E — 1,034 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 329.1 square miles of land, 28645 is bigger than 95% of ZIP codes — room for about 250 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,997This ZIP45,997
Households19,175This ZIP19,175
Housing units21,674This ZIP21,674
Median age46.4This ZIP46.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$51,650This ZIP$51,650North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$175,500This ZIP$175,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$733This ZIP$733North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%This ZIP17.7%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density139.8 / sq miThis ZIP139.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments848This ZIP848
Employees13,912This ZIP13,912
Annual payroll$684,006,000This ZIP$684,006,000
Tax returns filed19,290This ZIP19,290
Total adjusted gross income$1,068,895,000This ZIP$1,068,895,000

Land area

Land area329.10 sq miThis ZIP329.10 sq mi
Water area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi

Counties 28645 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Caldwell County 95.9%
Watauga County 2.4%
Burke County 1.0%
Wilkes County 0.7%

Other place names in 28645

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ZIP codes near 28645

ZIPCityDistance
28661 Patterson, NC 1.5 mi
28633 Lenoir, NC 4.5 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 10.0 mi
28611 Collettsville, NC 10.7 mi
28624 Ferguson, NC 12.3 mi
28630 Granite Falls, NC 12.4 mi
28605 Blowing Rock, NC 13.3 mi
28606 Boomer, NC 14.4 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 15.5 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28645?

28645 is in Lenoir, North Carolina, in Caldwell County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9788, -81.5478.

What county is 28645 in?

28645 spans 4 counties: Caldwell County, Watauga County, Burke County and Wilkes 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 28645?

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

What time zone is 28645 in?

28645 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28645?

About 45,997 people live in ZIP code 28645, in 19,175 households, at 139.8 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 28645?

$51,650 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28645?

The closest are 28661 (1.5 mi), 28633 (4.5 mi), 28638 (10 mi), 28611 (10.7 mi) and 28624 (12.3 mi).

Is 28645 a PO Box ZIP code?

28645 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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