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29053

ZIP 29053 is Gaston, South Carolina, mostly in Lexington County; area code 803; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lexington +1 more
Metro area
Columbia, SC
Population
21,076
Coordinates
33.8275, -81.0909
☼ Live from 29053 — Gaston, SC

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Where 29053 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29053
  • 🔢 Type 29053 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESOGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,053 = 17 × 1709. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29052 (Gadsden, SC, 20 mi away) and 29054 (Gilbert, SC, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29053 becomes 35092, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02359, 02539, 03259, 03592, 09235, 09352, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09235 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,580 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,050 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29053 and you would come out at 33.83°S, 98.91°E — 991 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 80.4 square miles of land, 29053 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,076This ZIP21,076
Households7,941This ZIP7,941
Housing units8,843This ZIP8,843
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$56,703This ZIP$56,703South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$126,300This ZIP$126,300South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,000This ZIP$1,000South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.4%This ZIP12.4%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density262.1 / sq miThis ZIP262.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments176This ZIP176
Employees3,226This ZIP3,226
Annual payroll$173,314,000This ZIP$173,314,000
Tax returns filed8,490This ZIP8,490
Total adjusted gross income$384,110,000This ZIP$384,110,000

Land area

Land area80.40 sq miThis ZIP80.40 sq mi
Water area0.75 sq miThis ZIP0.75 sq mi

Counties 29053 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lexington County 71.1%
Calhoun County 28.9%

Other place names in 29053

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ZIP codes near 29053

ZIPCityDistance
29172 West Columbia, SC 5.5 mi
29160 Swansea, SC 6.4 mi
29170 West Columbia, SC 8.3 mi
29033 Cayce, SC 9.0 mi
29073 Lexington, SC 9.4 mi
29209 Columbia, SC 10.6 mi
29123 Pelion, SC 10.9 mi
29171 West Columbia, SC 11.3 mi
29228 Columbia, SC 11.3 mi
29201 Columbia, SC 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29053?

29053 is in Gaston, South Carolina, in Lexington County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8275, -81.0909.

What county is 29053 in?

29053 spans 2 counties: Lexington County and Calhoun County. Most of it falls in Lexington 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 29053?

Gaston uses area code 803, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29053 in?

29053 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29053?

About 21,076 people live in ZIP code 29053, in 7,941 households, at 262.1 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 29053?

$56,703 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29053?

The closest are 29172 (5.5 mi), 29160 (6.4 mi), 29170 (8.3 mi), 29033 (9 mi) and 29073 (9.4 mi).

Is 29053 a PO Box ZIP code?

29053 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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