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28712

ZIP 28712 is Brevard, North Carolina, in Transylvania County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Transylvania
Metro area
Brevard, NC
Population
19,977
Coordinates
35.1733, -82.7708
☼ Live from 28712 — Brevard, NC

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Where 28712 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28712
  • 🔢 Type 28712 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZILBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,712 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 37 × 97. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28711 (Black Mountain, NC, 41 mi away) and 28713 (Bryson City, NC, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28712 becomes 21782 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sharpsburg, MD, 404 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12827, 12872, 17228, 17822, 21278, 21287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87122 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,336 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯923 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28712 and you would come out at 35.17°S, 97.23°E — 1,094 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 116.2 square miles of land, 28712 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 88 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,977This ZIP19,977
Households8,983This ZIP8,983
Housing units10,863This ZIP10,863
Median age53.7This ZIP53.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,045This ZIP$63,045North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$414,300This ZIP$414,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,021This ZIP$1,021North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.4%This ZIP43.4%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density171.9 / sq miThis ZIP171.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments665This ZIP665
Employees6,026This ZIP6,026
Annual payroll$278,469,000This ZIP$278,469,000
Tax returns filed8,550This ZIP8,550
Total adjusted gross income$694,952,000This ZIP$694,952,000

Land area

Land area116.21 sq miThis ZIP116.21 sq mi
Water area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi

Other place names in 28712

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

ZIP codes near 28712

ZIPCityDistance
28772 Rosman, NC 4.4 mi
28718 Cedar Mountain, NC 7.7 mi
28708 Balsam Grove, NC 8.4 mi
28747 Lake Toxaway, NC 8.5 mi
28766 Penrose, NC 10.0 mi
29635 Cleveland, SC 10.2 mi
28768 Pisgah Forest, NC 11.1 mi
29685 Sunset, SC 13.8 mi
28774 Sapphire, NC 13.8 mi
28729 Etowah, NC 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28712?

28712 is in Brevard, North Carolina, in Transylvania County, part of the Brevard, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1733, -82.7708.

What county is 28712 in?

28712 lies in Transylvania County.

What area code is 28712?

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

What time zone is 28712 in?

28712 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28712?

About 19,977 people live in ZIP code 28712, in 8,983 households, at 171.9 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 28712?

$63,045 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28712?

The closest are 28772 (4.4 mi), 28718 (7.7 mi), 28708 (8.4 mi), 28747 (8.5 mi) and 28766 (10 mi).

Is 28712 a PO Box ZIP code?

28712 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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