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28709

ZIP 28709 is Barnardsville, North Carolina, in Buncombe County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Buncombe
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
2,260
Coordinates
35.7714, -82.3792
☼ Live from 28709 — Barnardsville, NC

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Where 28709 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28709
  • 🔢 Type 28709 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,709 = 19 × 1511. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28708 (Balsam Grove, NC, 44 mi away) and 28710 (Bat Cave, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28709 becomes 90782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02879, 07829, 07928, 09728, 09827, 20879, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09827 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,579 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯926 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28709 and you would come out at 35.77°S, 97.62°E — 1,077 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 51.5 square miles of land, 28709 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,260This ZIP2,260
Households959This ZIP959
Housing units1,354This ZIP1,354
Median age58.2This ZIP58.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median home value$433,300This ZIP$433,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher47.5%This ZIP47.5%
Mean commute32.2 minThis ZIP32.2 min
Population density43.8 / sq miThis ZIP43.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees219This ZIP219
Annual payroll$9,728,000This ZIP$9,728,000
Tax returns filed980This ZIP980
Total adjusted gross income$60,157,000This ZIP$60,157,000

Land area

Land area51.54 sq miThis ZIP51.54 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28709

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

ZIP codes near 28709

ZIPCityDistance
28787 Weaverville, NC 7.9 mi
28714 Burnsville, NC 8.5 mi
28757 Montreat, NC 9.6 mi
28814 Asheville, NC 9.7 mi
28754 Mars Hill, NC 10.5 mi
28778 Swannanoa, NC 10.9 mi
28770 Ridgecrest, NC 11.8 mi
28805 Asheville, NC 12.3 mi
28755 Micaville, NC 13.1 mi
28804 Asheville, NC 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28709?

28709 is in Barnardsville, North Carolina, in Buncombe County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7714, -82.3792.

What county is 28709 in?

28709 lies in Buncombe County.

What area code is 28709?

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

What time zone is 28709 in?

28709 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28709?

About 2,260 people live in ZIP code 28709, in 959 households, at 43.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 28709?

The closest are 28787 (7.9 mi), 28714 (8.5 mi), 28757 (9.6 mi), 28814 (9.7 mi) and 28754 (10.5 mi).

Is 28709 a PO Box ZIP code?

28709 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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