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28792

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Henderson +2 more
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Population
36,645
Coordinates
35.3944, -82.3684
☼ Live from 28792 — Hendersonville, NC

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Where 28792 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28792
  • 🔢 Type 28792 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,792 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 59 × 61. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28791 (Hendersonville, NC, 8 mi away) and 28793 (Hendersonville, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28792 becomes 29782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22987, 27289, 27298, 27829, 27892, 27928, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98227 in Bellingham, WA, 2,223 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯937 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28792 and you would come out at 35.39°S, 97.63°E — 1,073 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 102.9 square miles of land, 28792 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 78 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population36,645This ZIP36,645
Households16,171This ZIP16,171
Housing units18,366This ZIP18,366
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$55,522This ZIP$55,522North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$278,500This ZIP$278,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,170This ZIP$1,170North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.6%This ZIP27.6%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density356.1 / sq miThis ZIP356.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,069This ZIP1,069
Employees12,854This ZIP12,854
Annual payroll$586,976,000This ZIP$586,976,000
Tax returns filed15,950This ZIP15,950
Total adjusted gross income$1,008,496,000This ZIP$1,008,496,000

Land area

Land area102.92 sq miThis ZIP102.92 sq mi
Water area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi

Counties 28792 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Henderson County 96.8%
Buncombe County 3.1%
Polk County 0.1%

Other place names in 28792

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ZIP codes near 28792

ZIPCityDistance
28727 Edneyville, NC 1.6 mi
28724 Dana, NC 4.5 mi
28735 Gerton, NC 5.7 mi
28732 Fletcher, NC 5.9 mi
28760 Naples, NC 6.4 mi
28710 Bat Cave, NC 6.6 mi
28731 Flat Rock, NC 7.0 mi
28720 Chimney Rock, NC 7.0 mi
28758 Mountain Home, NC 7.3 mi
28791 Hendersonville, NC 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28792?

28792 is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3944, -82.3684.

What county is 28792 in?

28792 spans 3 counties: Henderson County, Buncombe County and Polk County. Most of it falls in Henderson 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 28792?

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

What time zone is 28792 in?

28792 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28792?

About 36,645 people live in ZIP code 28792, in 16,171 households, at 356.1 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 28792?

$55,522 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28792?

The closest are 28727 (1.6 mi), 28724 (4.5 mi), 28735 (5.7 mi), 28732 (5.9 mi) and 28760 (6.4 mi).

Is 28792 a PO Box ZIP code?

28792 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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