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28778

ZIP 28778 is Swannanoa, North Carolina, in Buncombe County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Buncombe
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
13,536
Coordinates
35.6142, -82.3977
☼ Live from 28778 — Swannanoa, NC

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Where 28778 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28778
  • 🔢 Type 28778 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,778 = 2 × 14389. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28777 (Spruce Pine, NC, 28 mi away) and 28779 (Sylva, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28778 becomes 87782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27878, 27887, 28787, 77288, 77882, 78278, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87827 in Pie Town, NM, 1,455 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯929 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28778 and you would come out at 35.61°S, 97.60°E — 1,077 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 32.5 square miles of land, 28778 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,536This ZIP13,536
Households3,931This ZIP3,931
Housing units4,919This ZIP4,919
Median age40.8This ZIP40.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$73,408This ZIP$73,408North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$303,300This ZIP$303,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$994This ZIP$994North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.5%This ZIP31.5%
Mean commute18.9 minThis ZIP18.9 min
Population density416.7 / sq miThis ZIP416.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments248This ZIP248
Employees2,819This ZIP2,819
Annual payroll$130,317,000This ZIP$130,317,000
Tax returns filed4,920This ZIP4,920
Total adjusted gross income$311,313,000This ZIP$311,313,000

Land area

Land area32.48 sq miThis ZIP32.48 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 28778

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

ZIP codes near 28778

ZIPCityDistance
28805 Asheville, NC 4.6 mi
28757 Montreat, NC 6.0 mi
28730 Fairview, NC 6.1 mi
28814 Asheville, NC 6.4 mi
28770 Ridgecrest, NC 6.7 mi
28711 Black Mountain, NC 7.3 mi
28810 Asheville, NC 7.4 mi
28815 Asheville, NC 7.4 mi
28816 Asheville, NC 7.4 mi
28803 Asheville, NC 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28778?

28778 is in Swannanoa, North Carolina, in Buncombe County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6142, -82.3977.

What county is 28778 in?

28778 lies in Buncombe County.

What area code is 28778?

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

What time zone is 28778 in?

28778 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28778?

About 13,536 people live in ZIP code 28778, in 3,931 households, at 416.7 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 28778?

$73,408 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28778?

The closest are 28805 (4.6 mi), 28757 (6 mi), 28730 (6.1 mi), 28814 (6.4 mi) and 28770 (6.7 mi).

Is 28778 a PO Box ZIP code?

28778 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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