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28754

ZIP 28754 is Mars Hill, 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
9,682
Coordinates
35.8769, -82.5144
☼ Live from 28754 — Mars Hill, NC

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Where 28754 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28754
  • 🔢 Type 28754 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,754 = 2 × 11 × 1307. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28753 (Marshall, NC, 11 mi away) and 28755 (Micaville, NC, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28754 becomes 45782 — and that is a real ZIP code: Trimble, OH, 250 miles away.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24578, 24857, 27584, 27845, 28457, 28547, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84725 in Enterprise, UT, 1,728 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯916 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28754 and you would come out at 35.88°S, 97.49°E — 1,086 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 87.3 square miles of land, 28754 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,682This ZIP9,682
Households3,306This ZIP3,306
Housing units4,562This ZIP4,562
Median age41.5This ZIP41.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$68,750This ZIP$68,750North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$296,700This ZIP$296,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$863This ZIP$863North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.8%This ZIP33.8%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density110.8 / sq miThis ZIP110.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments168This ZIP168
Employees1,462This ZIP1,462
Annual payroll$51,721,000This ZIP$51,721,000
Tax returns filed3,700This ZIP3,700
Total adjusted gross income$238,193,000This ZIP$238,193,000

Land area

Land area87.35 sq miThis ZIP87.35 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 28754 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 94.6%
Yancey County 5.4%

Other place names in 28754

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

ZIP codes near 28754

ZIPCityDistance
28787 Weaverville, NC 9.4 mi
37657 Flag Pond, TN 10.0 mi
28709 Barnardsville, NC 10.5 mi
28753 Marshall, NC 11.1 mi
28714 Burnsville, NC 11.7 mi
28701 Alexander, NC 13.7 mi
28814 Asheville, NC 14.7 mi
37650 Erwin, TN 14.8 mi
28740 Green Mountain, NC 15.6 mi
28804 Asheville, NC 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28754?

28754 is in Mars Hill, North Carolina, in Madison County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8769, -82.5144.

What county is 28754 in?

28754 spans 2 counties: Madison County and Yancey 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 28754?

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

What time zone is 28754 in?

28754 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28754?

About 9,682 people live in ZIP code 28754, in 3,306 households, at 110.8 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 28754?

$68,750 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28754?

The closest are 28787 (9.4 mi), 37657 (10 mi), 28709 (10.5 mi), 28753 (11.1 mi) and 28714 (11.7 mi).

Is 28754 a PO Box ZIP code?

28754 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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