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29117

ZIP 29117 is in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in Orangeburg County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time. Orangeburg has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 29115, 29116 and 29118.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orangeburg
Metro area
Orangeburg, SC
Population
595
Coordinates
33.4983, -80.8501
☼ Live from 29117 — Orangeburg, SC

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Where 29117 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29117
  • 🔢 Type 29117 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIIGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,117 = 11 × 2647. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29116 (Orangeburg, SC, 1 mi away) and 29118 (Orangeburg, SC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29117 becomes 71192, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11729, 11792, 11972, 12197, 12719, 12791, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97121 in Hammond, OR, 2,415 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,073 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29117 and you would come out at 33.50°S, 99.15°E — 976 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
  • 📏 At 0.098 square miles of land, 29117 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 47 football fields.
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People and housing

Population595This ZIP595
Households0
Housing units0
Median age19.5This ZIP19.5South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Mean commute29.0 minThis ZIP29.0 min
Population density6,071.4 / sq miThis ZIP6,071.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees153This ZIP153
Annual payroll$8,760,000This ZIP$8,760,000

Land area

Land area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 29117

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 29117

ZIPCityDistance
29115 Orangeburg, SC 1.5 mi
29116 Orangeburg, SC 1.5 mi
29118 Orangeburg, SC 5.4 mi
29039 Cordova, SC 5.9 mi
29133 Rowesville, SC 10.0 mi
29038 Cope, SC 11.1 mi
29030 Cameron, SC 12.8 mi
29135 Saint Matthews, SC 15.2 mi
29107 Neeses, SC 15.5 mi
29047 Elloree, SC 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29117?

29117 is in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in Orangeburg County, part of the Orangeburg, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4983, -80.8501.

What county is 29117 in?

29117 lies in Orangeburg County.

What area code is 29117?

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

What time zone is 29117 in?

29117 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29117?

About 595 people live in ZIP code 29117, at 6,071.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 29117?

The closest are 29115 (1.5 mi), 29116 (1.5 mi), 29118 (5.4 mi), 29039 (5.9 mi) and 29133 (10 mi).

Is 29117 a PO Box ZIP code?

29117 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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