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28671

ZIP 28671 is Rutherford College, North Carolina, in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke
Population
375
Coordinates
35.7502, -81.5266
☼ Live from 28671 — Rutherford College, NC

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Where 28671 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28671
  • 🔢 Type 28671 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,671 = 3 × 19 × 503. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28670 (Ronda, NC, 46 mi away) and 28672 (Scottville, NC, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28671 becomes 17682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12768, 12786, 16728, 16827, 16872, 17268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82716 in Gillette, WY, 1,404 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯971 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28671 and you would come out at 35.75°S, 98.47°E — 1,030 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 0.412 square miles of land, 28671 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 199 football fields.
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People and housing

Population375This ZIP375
Households106This ZIP106
Housing units131This ZIP131
Median age61.1This ZIP61.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$73,929This ZIP$73,929North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$317,500This ZIP$317,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher26.0%This ZIP26.0%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density910.2 / sq miThis ZIP910.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees445This ZIP445
Annual payroll$16,320,000This ZIP$16,320,000

Land area

Land area0.41 sq miThis ZIP0.41 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28671

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

ZIP codes near 28671

ZIPCityDistance
28690 Valdese, NC 2.9 mi
28666 Icard, NC 3.8 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 4.5 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 5.9 mi
28637 Hildebran, NC 6.4 mi
28612 Connelly Springs, NC 6.9 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 7.1 mi
28630 Granite Falls, NC 8.2 mi
28680 Morganton, NC 9.5 mi
28602 Hickory, NC 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28671?

28671 is in Rutherford College, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7502, -81.5266.

What county is 28671 in?

28671 lies in Burke County.

What area code is 28671?

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

What time zone is 28671 in?

28671 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28671?

About 375 people live in ZIP code 28671, in 106 households, at 910.2 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 28671?

$73,929 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28671?

The closest are 28690 (2.9 mi), 28666 (3.8 mi), 28619 (4.5 mi), 28667 (5.9 mi) and 28637 (6.4 mi).

Is 28671 a PO Box ZIP code?

28671 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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