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29070

ZIP 29070 is Leesville, 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
15,657
Coordinates
33.9167, -81.4492
☼ Live from 29070 — Leesville, SC

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Where 29070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29070
  • 🔢 Type 29070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,070 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 17 × 19. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000110001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29069 (Lamar, SC, 80 mi away) and 29071 (Lexington, SC, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29070 becomes 07092 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mountainside, NJ, 608 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00729, 00792, 00927, 02790, 02907, 07029, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09072 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,372 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯1,029 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29070 and you would come out at 33.92°S, 98.55°E — 1,012 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 164.1 square miles of land, 29070 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 125 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,657This ZIP15,657
Households6,375This ZIP6,375
Housing units7,733This ZIP7,733
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$65,865This ZIP$65,865South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$197,600This ZIP$197,600South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$932This ZIP$932South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.6%This ZIP17.6%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density95.4 / sq miThis ZIP95.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments269This ZIP269
Employees2,332This ZIP2,332
Annual payroll$88,497,000This ZIP$88,497,000
Tax returns filed7,380This ZIP7,380
Total adjusted gross income$506,332,000This ZIP$506,332,000

Land area

Land area164.11 sq miThis ZIP164.11 sq mi
Water area8.45 sq miThis ZIP8.45 sq mi

Counties 29070 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lexington County 78.3%
Saluda County 21.7%

Other place names in 29070

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ZIP codes near 29070

ZIPCityDistance
29054 Gilbert, SC 4.4 mi
29006 Batesburg, SC 6.7 mi
29105 Monetta, SC 11.3 mi
29171 West Columbia, SC 11.5 mi
29228 Columbia, SC 11.5 mi
29072 Lexington, SC 11.6 mi
29073 Lexington, SC 12.3 mi
29071 Lexington, SC 13.0 mi
29166 Ward, SC 15.1 mi
29123 Pelion, SC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29070?

29070 is in Leesville, South Carolina, in Lexington County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9167, -81.4492.

What county is 29070 in?

29070 spans 2 counties: Lexington County and Saluda 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 29070?

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

What time zone is 29070 in?

29070 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29070?

About 15,657 people live in ZIP code 29070, in 6,375 households, at 95.4 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 29070?

$65,865 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29070?

The closest are 29054 (4.4 mi), 29006 (6.7 mi), 29105 (11.3 mi), 29171 (11.5 mi) and 29228 (11.5 mi).

Is 29070 a PO Box ZIP code?

29070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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