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28791

ZIP 28791 is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County; area code 828; Eastern time. Hendersonville has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 28739, 28792 and 28793.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Henderson
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
15,108
Coordinates
35.3570, -82.5070
☼ Live from 28791 — Hendersonville, NC

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Where 28791 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28791
  • 🔢 Type 28791 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,791 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 457. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28790 (Zirconia, NC, 11 mi away) and 28792 (Hendersonville, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28791 becomes 19782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12789, 12879, 12978, 12987, 17829, 17982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97128 in Mcminnville, OR, 2,228 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯931 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28791 and you would come out at 35.36°S, 97.49°E — 1,081 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 16.7 square miles of land, 28791 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,108This ZIP15,108
Households6,718This ZIP6,718
Housing units7,345This ZIP7,345
Median age51.5This ZIP51.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,827This ZIP$78,827North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$370,700This ZIP$370,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,209This ZIP$1,209North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.3%This ZIP46.3%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density902.8 / sq miThis ZIP902.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments373This ZIP373
Employees4,068This ZIP4,068
Annual payroll$254,759,000This ZIP$254,759,000
Tax returns filed7,040This ZIP7,040
Total adjusted gross income$564,916,000This ZIP$564,916,000

Land area

Land area16.73 sq miThis ZIP16.73 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Other place names in 28791

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ZIP codes near 28791

ZIPCityDistance
28758 Mountain Home, NC 1.4 mi
28760 Naples, NC 2.2 mi
28793 Hendersonville, NC 4.4 mi
28759 Mills River, NC 4.9 mi
28739 Hendersonville, NC 5.9 mi
28729 Etowah, NC 6.0 mi
28726 East Flat Rock, NC 7.3 mi
28732 Fletcher, NC 7.4 mi
28724 Dana, NC 7.7 mi
28704 Arden, NC 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28791?

28791 is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3570, -82.5070.

What county is 28791 in?

28791 lies in Henderson County.

What area code is 28791?

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

What time zone is 28791 in?

28791 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28791?

About 15,108 people live in ZIP code 28791, in 6,718 households, at 902.8 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 28791?

$78,827 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28791?

The closest are 28758 (1.4 mi), 28760 (2.2 mi), 28793 (4.4 mi), 28759 (4.9 mi) and 28739 (5.9 mi).

Is 28791 a PO Box ZIP code?

28791 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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