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28678

ZIP 28678 is Stony Point, North Carolina, mostly in Iredell County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Iredell +1 more
Population
5,064
Coordinates
35.8326, -81.0711
☼ Live from 28678 — Stony Point, NC

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Where 28678 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28678
  • 🔢 Type 28678 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,678 = 2 × 13 × 1103. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28677 (Statesville, NC, 10 mi away) and 28679 (Sugar Grove, NC, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28678 becomes 87682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27868, 27886, 28687, 28768, 28786, 62878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88267 in Tatum, NM, 1,279 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯993 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28678 and you would come out at 35.83°S, 98.93°E — 1,006 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 43.0 square miles of land, 28678 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,064This ZIP5,064
Households2,124This ZIP2,124
Housing units2,283This ZIP2,283
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,845This ZIP$74,845North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$236,600This ZIP$236,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$913This ZIP$913North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.8%This ZIP17.8%
Mean commute26.0 minThis ZIP26.0 min
Population density117.8 / sq miThis ZIP117.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments48This ZIP48
Employees420This ZIP420
Annual payroll$24,221,000This ZIP$24,221,000
Tax returns filed2,230This ZIP2,230
Total adjusted gross income$128,757,000This ZIP$128,757,000

Land area

Land area43.00 sq miThis ZIP43.00 sq mi
Water area0.91 sq miThis ZIP0.91 sq mi

Counties 28678 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Iredell County 53.8%
Alexander County 46.2%

Other place names in 28678

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ZIP codes near 28678

ZIPCityDistance
28699 Scotts, NC 3.6 mi
28636 Hiddenite, NC 7.4 mi
28610 Claremont, NC 8.3 mi
28613 Conover, NC 10.1 mi
28677 Statesville, NC 10.4 mi
28625 Statesville, NC 10.5 mi
28681 Taylorsville, NC 10.5 mi
28609 Catawba, NC 10.7 mi
28687 Statesville, NC 10.9 mi
28010 Barium Springs, NC 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28678?

28678 is in Stony Point, North Carolina, in Iredell County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8326, -81.0711.

What county is 28678 in?

28678 spans 2 counties: Iredell County and Alexander County. Most of it falls in Iredell 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 28678?

Stony Point uses area codes 980 and 704, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28678 in?

28678 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28678?

About 5,064 people live in ZIP code 28678, in 2,124 households, at 117.8 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 28678?

$74,845 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28678?

The closest are 28699 (3.6 mi), 28636 (7.4 mi), 28610 (8.3 mi), 28613 (10.1 mi) and 28677 (10.4 mi).

Is 28678 a PO Box ZIP code?

28678 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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