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28757

ZIP 28757 is Montreat, North Carolina, in Buncombe County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Buncombe
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
630
Coordinates
35.6480, -82.2992
☼ Live from 28757 — Montreat, NC

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Where 28757 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28757
  • 🔢 Type 28757 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,757 = 149 × 193. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28756 (Mill Spring, NC, 21 mi away) and 28758 (Mountain Home, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28757 becomes 75782 — and that is a real ZIP code: Poynor, TX, 801 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25778, 27587, 27857, 27875, 28577, 28775, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85277 in Mesa, AZ, 1,682 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯934 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28757 and you would come out at 35.65°S, 97.70°E — 1,072 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 2.7 square miles of land, 28757 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population630This ZIP630
Households62This ZIP62
Housing units755This ZIP755
Median age19.9This ZIP19.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$115,568This ZIP$115,568North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$606,400This ZIP$606,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher91.5%This ZIP91.5%
Mean commute13.2 minThis ZIP13.2 min
Population density231.4 / sq miThis ZIP231.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees693This ZIP693
Annual payroll$15,410,000This ZIP$15,410,000

Land area

Land area2.72 sq miThis ZIP2.72 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28757

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

ZIP codes near 28757

ZIPCityDistance
28770 Ridgecrest, NC 2.2 mi
28711 Black Mountain, NC 3.7 mi
28778 Swannanoa, NC 6.0 mi
28762 Old Fort, NC 6.2 mi
28730 Fairview, NC 8.7 mi
28709 Barnardsville, NC 9.6 mi
28805 Asheville, NC 10.4 mi
28814 Asheville, NC 10.9 mi
28735 Gerton, NC 12.2 mi
28810 Asheville, NC 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28757?

28757 is in Montreat, North Carolina, in Buncombe County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6480, -82.2992.

What county is 28757 in?

28757 lies in Buncombe County.

What area code is 28757?

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

What time zone is 28757 in?

28757 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28757?

About 630 people live in ZIP code 28757, in 62 households, at 231.4 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 28757?

$115,568 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28757?

The closest are 28770 (2.2 mi), 28711 (3.7 mi), 28778 (6 mi), 28762 (6.2 mi) and 28730 (8.7 mi).

Is 28757 a PO Box ZIP code?

28757 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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