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28787

ZIP 28787 is Weaverville, North Carolina, mostly in Buncombe County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Buncombe +1 more
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
22,809
Coordinates
35.7415, -82.5156
☼ Live from 28787 — Weaverville, NC

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Where 28787 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28787
  • 🔢 Type 28787 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,787 = 11 × 2617. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28786 (Waynesville, NC, 33 mi away) and 28788 (Webster, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28787 becomes 78782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27878, 27887, 28778, 77288, 77882, 78278, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87827 in Pie Town, NM, 1,448 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯920 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28787 and you would come out at 35.74°S, 97.48°E — 1,085 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 79.5 square miles of land, 28787 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,809This ZIP22,809
Households8,719This ZIP8,719
Housing units11,020This ZIP11,020
Median age49.8This ZIP49.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,604This ZIP$78,604North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$401,700This ZIP$401,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,328This ZIP$1,328North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.7%This ZIP43.7%
Mean commute22.2 minThis ZIP22.2 min
Population density286.8 / sq miThis ZIP286.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments512This ZIP512
Employees4,612This ZIP4,612
Annual payroll$185,327,000This ZIP$185,327,000
Tax returns filed11,130This ZIP11,130
Total adjusted gross income$874,526,000This ZIP$874,526,000

Land area

Land area79.53 sq miThis ZIP79.53 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 28787 spans

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

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

Other place names in 28787

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

ZIP codes near 28787

ZIPCityDistance
28814 Asheville, NC 5.5 mi
28804 Asheville, NC 7.1 mi
28701 Alexander, NC 7.2 mi
28709 Barnardsville, NC 7.9 mi
28810 Asheville, NC 8.4 mi
28815 Asheville, NC 8.4 mi
28816 Asheville, NC 8.4 mi
28805 Asheville, NC 9.0 mi
28754 Mars Hill, NC 9.4 mi
28801 Asheville, NC 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28787?

28787 is in Weaverville, North Carolina, in Buncombe County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7415, -82.5156.

What county is 28787 in?

28787 spans 2 counties: Buncombe County and Madison County. Most of it falls in Buncombe 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 28787?

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

What time zone is 28787 in?

28787 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28787?

About 22,809 people live in ZIP code 28787, in 8,719 households, at 286.8 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 28787?

$78,604 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28787?

The closest are 28814 (5.5 mi), 28804 (7.1 mi), 28701 (7.2 mi), 28709 (7.9 mi) and 28810 (8.4 mi).

Is 28787 a PO Box ZIP code?

28787 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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