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28743

ZIP 28743 is Hot Springs, North Carolina, mostly in Madison County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Madison +1 more
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
2,211
Coordinates
35.8003, -82.8812
☼ Live from 28743 — Hot Springs, NC

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Where 28743 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28743
  • 🔢 Type 28743 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,743 = 3 × 11 × 13 × 67. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28742 (Horse Shoe, NC, 32 mi away) and 28744 (Franklin, NC, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28743 becomes 34782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23487, 23847, 23874, 24378, 24738, 24873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83724 in Boise, ID, 1,837 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯900 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28743 and you would come out at 35.80°S, 97.12°E — 1,106 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 123.0 square miles of land, 28743 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 93 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,211This ZIP2,211
Households925This ZIP925
Housing units1,399This ZIP1,399
Median age46.8This ZIP46.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,011This ZIP$58,011North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$162,800This ZIP$162,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$569This ZIP$569North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.5%This ZIP19.5%
Mean commute35.3 minThis ZIP35.3 min
Population density18.0 / sq miThis ZIP18.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments47This ZIP47
Employees325This ZIP325
Annual payroll$12,347,000This ZIP$12,347,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$45,787,000This ZIP$45,787,000

Land area

Land area123.04 sq miThis ZIP123.04 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Counties 28743 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 81.2%
Haywood County 18.8%

Other place names in 28743

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

ZIP codes near 28743

ZIPCityDistance
37727 Del Rio, TN 9.9 mi
28753 Marshall, NC 10.4 mi
28721 Clyde, NC 11.8 mi
28748 Leicester, NC 12.1 mi
37753 Hartford, TN 12.2 mi
28701 Alexander, NC 15.2 mi
28802 Asheville, NC 17.1 mi
37843 Parrottsville, TN 17.3 mi
28785 Waynesville, NC 17.7 mi
37722 Cosby, TN 18.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28743?

28743 is in Hot Springs, North Carolina, in Madison County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8003, -82.8812.

What county is 28743 in?

28743 spans 2 counties: Madison County and Haywood County. Most of it falls in Madison 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 28743?

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

What time zone is 28743 in?

28743 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28743?

About 2,211 people live in ZIP code 28743, in 925 households, at 18.0 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 28743?

$58,011 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28743?

The closest are 37727 (9.9 mi), 28753 (10.4 mi), 28721 (11.8 mi), 28748 (12.1 mi) and 37753 (12.2 mi).

Is 28743 a PO Box ZIP code?

28743 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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