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29078

ZIP 29078 is Lugoff, South Carolina, mostly in Kershaw County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kershaw +1 more
Metro area
Columbia, SC
Population
16,283
Coordinates
34.1816, -80.6994
☼ Live from 29078 — Lugoff, SC

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Where 29078 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29078
  • 🔢 Type 29078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,078 = 2 × 7 × 31 × 67. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29075 (Little Mountain, SC, 39 mi away) and 29079 (Lydia, SC, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29078 becomes 87092, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02879, 07829, 07928, 09728, 09827, 20879, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09827 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,587 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,059 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29078 and you would come out at 34.18°S, 99.30°E — 970 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 125.7 square miles of land, 29078 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 95 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,283This ZIP16,283
Households6,300This ZIP6,300
Housing units6,946This ZIP6,946
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$67,727This ZIP$67,727South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$207,700This ZIP$207,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,018This ZIP$1,018South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.0%This ZIP23.0%
Mean commute28.1 minThis ZIP28.1 min
Population density129.5 / sq miThis ZIP129.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments319This ZIP319
Employees5,011This ZIP5,011
Annual payroll$271,215,000This ZIP$271,215,000
Tax returns filed7,980This ZIP7,980
Total adjusted gross income$484,850,000This ZIP$484,850,000

Land area

Land area125.70 sq miThis ZIP125.70 sq mi
Water area1.54 sq miThis ZIP1.54 sq mi

Counties 29078 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Kershaw County 88.5%
Richland County 11.5%

Other place names in 29078

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ZIP codes near 29078

ZIPCityDistance
29045 Elgin, SC 6.0 mi
29021 Camden, SC 9.5 mi
29128 Rembert, SC 11.3 mi
29229 Columbia, SC 11.4 mi
29020 Camden, SC 11.6 mi
29207 Columbia, SC 12.8 mi
29062 Horatio, SC 13.4 mi
29223 Columbia, SC 14.0 mi
29130 Ridgeway, SC 14.6 mi
29147 State Park, SC 16.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29078?

29078 is in Lugoff, South Carolina, in Kershaw County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1816, -80.6994.

What county is 29078 in?

29078 spans 2 counties: Kershaw County and Richland County. Most of it falls in Kershaw 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 29078?

Lugoff uses area codes 803 and 839, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29078 in?

29078 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29078?

About 16,283 people live in ZIP code 29078, in 6,300 households, at 129.5 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 29078?

$67,727 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29078?

The closest are 29045 (6 mi), 29021 (9.5 mi), 29128 (11.3 mi), 29229 (11.4 mi) and 29020 (11.6 mi).

Is 29078 a PO Box ZIP code?

29078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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