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28774

ZIP 28774 is Sapphire, North Carolina, mostly in Transylvania County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Transylvania +1 more
Metro area
Brevard, NC
Population
1,451
Coordinates
35.0935, -82.9950
☼ Live from 28774 — Sapphire, NC

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Where 28774 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28774
  • 🔢 Type 28774 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,774 = 2 × 14387. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28773 (Saluda, NC, 41 mi away) and 28775 (Scaly Mountain, NC, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28774 becomes 47782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27847, 27874, 28747, 47728, 47872, 48277, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84772 in Summit, UT, 1,668 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯914 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28774 and you would come out at 35.09°S, 97.01°E — 1,106 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 54.4 square miles of land, 28774 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,451This ZIP1,451
Households703This ZIP703
Housing units2,859This ZIP2,859
Median age63.2This ZIP63.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$154,635This ZIP$154,635North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$797,900This ZIP$797,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher68.3%This ZIP68.3%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density26.7 / sq miThis ZIP26.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments66This ZIP66
Employees629This ZIP629
Annual payroll$34,529,000This ZIP$34,529,000
Tax returns filed610This ZIP610
Total adjusted gross income$66,938,000This ZIP$66,938,000

Land area

Land area54.44 sq miThis ZIP54.44 sq mi
Water area0.33 sq miThis ZIP0.33 sq mi

Counties 28774 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Transylvania County 61.9%
Jackson County 38.1%

ZIP codes near 28774

ZIPCityDistance
28747 Lake Toxaway, NC 5.7 mi
28717 Cashiers, NC 6.3 mi
28736 Glenville, NC 7.7 mi
28772 Rosman, NC 9.5 mi
29676 Salem, SC 9.7 mi
29686 Tamassee, SC 9.9 mi
28783 Tuckasegee, NC 10.4 mi
29685 Sunset, SC 11.4 mi
28741 Highlands, NC 12.3 mi
28712 Brevard, NC 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28774?

28774 is in Sapphire, North Carolina, in Transylvania County, part of the Brevard, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0935, -82.9950.

What county is 28774 in?

28774 spans 2 counties: Transylvania County and Jackson County. Most of it falls in Transylvania 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 28774?

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

What time zone is 28774 in?

28774 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28774?

About 1,451 people live in ZIP code 28774, in 703 households, at 26.7 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 28774?

$154,635 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28774?

The closest are 28747 (5.7 mi), 28717 (6.3 mi), 28736 (7.7 mi), 28772 (9.5 mi) and 29676 (9.7 mi).

Is 28774 a PO Box ZIP code?

28774 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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