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28746

ZIP 28746 is Lake Lure, North Carolina, in Rutherford County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rutherford
Metro area
Forest City, NC
Population
2,744
Coordinates
35.4772, -82.1617
☼ Live from 28746 — Lake Lure, NC

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Where 28746 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28746
  • 🔢 Type 28746 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,746 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 1597. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28745 (Lake Junaluska, NC, 46 mi away) and 28747 (Lake Toxaway, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28746 becomes 64782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24867, 26847, 27846, 27864, 28467, 28647, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86427 in Fort Mohave, AZ, 1,821 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯945 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28746 and you would come out at 35.48°S, 97.84°E — 1,062 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 44.9 square miles of land, 28746 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,744This ZIP2,744
Households1,397This ZIP1,397
Housing units3,338This ZIP3,338
Median age61.0This ZIP61.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$70,469This ZIP$70,469North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$470,700This ZIP$470,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$892This ZIP$892North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.2%This ZIP46.2%
Mean commute37.1 minThis ZIP37.1 min
Population density61.1 / sq miThis ZIP61.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees647This ZIP647
Annual payroll$24,805,000This ZIP$24,805,000
Tax returns filed1,310This ZIP1,310
Total adjusted gross income$131,375,000This ZIP$131,375,000

Land area

Land area44.93 sq miThis ZIP44.93 sq mi
Water area1.25 sq miThis ZIP1.25 sq mi

Other place names in 28746

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

ZIP codes near 28746

ZIPCityDistance
28720 Chimney Rock, NC 6.0 mi
28710 Bat Cave, NC 6.8 mi
28756 Mill Spring, NC 8.8 mi
28711 Black Mountain, NC 10.5 mi
28735 Gerton, NC 10.5 mi
28762 Old Fort, NC 11.0 mi
28167 Union Mills, NC 11.6 mi
28727 Edneyville, NC 11.6 mi
28730 Fairview, NC 11.8 mi
28770 Ridgecrest, NC 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28746?

28746 is in Lake Lure, North Carolina, in Rutherford County, part of the Forest City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4772, -82.1617.

What county is 28746 in?

28746 lies in Rutherford County.

What area code is 28746?

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

What time zone is 28746 in?

28746 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28746?

About 2,744 people live in ZIP code 28746, in 1,397 households, at 61.1 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 28746?

$70,469 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28746?

The closest are 28720 (6 mi), 28710 (6.8 mi), 28756 (8.8 mi), 28711 (10.5 mi) and 28735 (10.5 mi).

Is 28746 a PO Box ZIP code?

28746 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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