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28768

ZIP 28768 is Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, in Transylvania County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Transylvania
Metro area
Brevard, NC
Population
6,759
Coordinates
35.3250, -82.7072
☼ Live from 28768 — Pisgah Forest, NC

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Where 28768 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28768
  • 🔢 Type 28768 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,768 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 29 × 31. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28766 (Penrose, NC, 7 mi away) and 28770 (Ridgecrest, NC, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28768 becomes 86782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27868, 27886, 28678, 28687, 28786, 62878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88267 in Tatum, NM, 1,187 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯922 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28768 and you would come out at 35.33°S, 97.29°E — 1,091 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 83.1 square miles of land, 28768 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 63 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,759This ZIP6,759
Households2,736This ZIP2,736
Housing units3,550This ZIP3,550
Median age52.5This ZIP52.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$71,383This ZIP$71,383North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$341,400This ZIP$341,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$852This ZIP$852North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.5%This ZIP40.5%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density81.4 / sq miThis ZIP81.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments168This ZIP168
Employees1,210This ZIP1,210
Annual payroll$44,159,000This ZIP$44,159,000
Tax returns filed3,180This ZIP3,180
Total adjusted gross income$239,900,000This ZIP$239,900,000

Land area

Land area83.06 sq miThis ZIP83.06 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Other place names in 28768

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

ZIP codes near 28768

ZIPCityDistance
28742 Horse Shoe, NC 5.1 mi
28729 Etowah, NC 5.9 mi
28766 Penrose, NC 7.2 mi
28759 Mills River, NC 7.7 mi
28708 Balsam Grove, NC 9.4 mi
28739 Hendersonville, NC 10.7 mi
28712 Brevard, NC 11.1 mi
28716 Canton, NC 11.2 mi
28791 Hendersonville, NC 11.5 mi
28793 Hendersonville, NC 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28768?

28768 is in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, in Transylvania County, part of the Brevard, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3250, -82.7072.

What county is 28768 in?

28768 lies in Transylvania County.

What area code is 28768?

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

What time zone is 28768 in?

28768 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28768?

About 6,759 people live in ZIP code 28768, in 2,736 households, at 81.4 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 28768?

$71,383 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28768?

The closest are 28742 (5.1 mi), 28729 (5.9 mi), 28766 (7.2 mi), 28759 (7.7 mi) and 28708 (9.4 mi).

Is 28768 a PO Box ZIP code?

28768 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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