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28673

ZIP 28673 is Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, mostly in Catawba County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Catawba +1 more
Population
6,874
Coordinates
35.6177, -80.9988
☼ Live from 28673 — Sherrills Ford, NC

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Where 28673 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28673
  • 🔢 Type 28673 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,673 = 53 × 541. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28672 (Scottville, NC, 63 mi away) and 28675 (Sparta, NC, 62 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28673 becomes 37682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Milligan College, TN, 86 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,979 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,002 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28673 and you would come out at 35.62°S, 99.00°E — 999 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 23.7 square miles of land, 28673 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,874This ZIP6,874
Households3,184This ZIP3,184
Housing units3,871This ZIP3,871
Median age53.8This ZIP53.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$99,688This ZIP$99,688North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$459,200This ZIP$459,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,316This ZIP$1,316North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.7%This ZIP43.7%
Mean commute36.8 minThis ZIP36.8 min
Population density290.0 / sq miThis ZIP290.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments147This ZIP147
Employees846This ZIP846
Annual payroll$33,755,000This ZIP$33,755,000
Tax returns filed3,820This ZIP3,820
Total adjusted gross income$471,764,000This ZIP$471,764,000

Land area

Land area23.71 sq miThis ZIP23.71 sq mi
Water area4.39 sq miThis ZIP4.39 sq mi

Counties 28673 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Catawba County 99.5%
Lincoln County 0.5%

Other place names in 28673

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ZIP codes near 28673

ZIPCityDistance
28682 Terrell, NC 2.8 mi
28609 Catawba, NC 5.3 mi
28117 Mooresville, NC 6.6 mi
28166 Troutman, NC 8.4 mi
28037 Denver, NC 8.5 mi
28010 Barium Springs, NC 9.0 mi
28677 Statesville, NC 9.3 mi
28650 Maiden, NC 9.5 mi
28123 Mount Mourne, NC 9.9 mi
28610 Claremont, NC 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28673?

28673 is in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, in Catawba County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6177, -80.9988.

What county is 28673 in?

28673 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 28673?

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

What time zone is 28673 in?

28673 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28673?

About 6,874 people live in ZIP code 28673, in 3,184 households, at 290.0 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 28673?

$99,688 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28673?

The closest are 28682 (2.8 mi), 28609 (5.3 mi), 28117 (6.6 mi), 28166 (8.4 mi) and 28037 (8.5 mi).

Is 28673 a PO Box ZIP code?

28673 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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