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28650

ZIP 28650 is Maiden, North Carolina, mostly in Catawba County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Catawba +1 more
Population
12,746
Coordinates
35.5714, -81.1584
☼ Live from 28650 — Maiden, NC

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Where 28650 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28650
  • 🔢 Type 28650 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,650 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 191. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28649 (Mc Grady, NC, 53 mi away) and 28651 (Millers Creek, NC, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28650 becomes 05682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Worcester, VT, 760 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02568, 02865, 05682, 05826, 05862, 06258, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85062 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,759 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯995 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28650 and you would come out at 35.57°S, 98.84°E — 1,008 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 48.6 square miles of land, 28650 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,746This ZIP12,746
Households4,827This ZIP4,827
Housing units5,244This ZIP5,244
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,922This ZIP$74,922North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$229,000This ZIP$229,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$782This ZIP$782North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.8%This ZIP17.8%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density262.1 / sq miThis ZIP262.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments222This ZIP222
Employees2,875This ZIP2,875
Annual payroll$140,061,000This ZIP$140,061,000
Tax returns filed6,200This ZIP6,200
Total adjusted gross income$394,062,000This ZIP$394,062,000

Land area

Land area48.63 sq miThis ZIP48.63 sq mi
Water area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi

Counties 28650 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Catawba County 81.7%
Lincoln County 18.3%

Other place names in 28650

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ZIP codes near 28650

ZIPCityDistance
28658 Newton, NC 6.3 mi
28093 Lincolnton, NC 7.5 mi
28092 Lincolnton, NC 8.1 mi
28080 Iron Station, NC 8.5 mi
28609 Catawba, NC 9.3 mi
28037 Denver, NC 9.5 mi
28673 Sherrills Ford, NC 9.5 mi
28603 Hickory, NC 10.4 mi
28682 Terrell, NC 10.9 mi
28610 Claremont, NC 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28650?

28650 is in Maiden, North Carolina, in Catawba County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5714, -81.1584.

What county is 28650 in?

28650 spans 2 counties: Catawba County and Lincoln County. Most of it falls in Catawba 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 28650?

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

What time zone is 28650 in?

28650 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28650?

About 12,746 people live in ZIP code 28650, in 4,827 households, at 262.1 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 28650?

$74,922 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28650?

The closest are 28658 (6.3 mi), 28093 (7.5 mi), 28092 (8.1 mi), 28080 (8.5 mi) and 28609 (9.3 mi).

Is 28650 a PO Box ZIP code?

28650 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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