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29130

ZIP 29130 is Ridgeway, South Carolina, mostly in Fairfield County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield +2 more
Metro area
Columbia, SC
Population
6,252
Coordinates
34.3316, -80.8804
☼ Live from 29130 — Ridgeway, SC

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Where 29130 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29130
  • 🔢 Type 29130 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEIGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,130 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 971. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000111001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29129 (Ridge Spring, SC, 59 mi away) and 29132 (Rion, SC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29130 becomes 03192, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01923, 02139, 03291, 09123, 09132, 09213, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09213 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,429 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,045 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29130 and you would come out at 34.33°S, 99.12°E — 981 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
  • 📏 At 150.9 square miles of land, 29130 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 115 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,252This ZIP6,252
Households3,000This ZIP3,000
Housing units3,473This ZIP3,473
Median age59.3This ZIP59.3South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$63,963This ZIP$63,963South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$265,500This ZIP$265,500South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$918This ZIP$918South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.4%This ZIP19.4%
Mean commute30.3 minThis ZIP30.3 min
Population density41.4 / sq miThis ZIP41.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments94This ZIP94
Employees1,413This ZIP1,413
Annual payroll$79,491,000This ZIP$79,491,000
Tax returns filed3,030This ZIP3,030
Total adjusted gross income$238,496,000This ZIP$238,496,000

Land area

Land area150.87 sq miThis ZIP150.87 sq mi
Water area8.92 sq miThis ZIP8.92 sq mi

Counties 29130 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fairfield County 83.7%
Kershaw County 15.2%
Richland County 1.2%

Other place names in 29130

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ZIP codes near 29130

ZIPCityDistance
29074 Liberty Hill, SC 8.4 mi
29016 Blythewood, SC 10.9 mi
29045 Elgin, SC 11.0 mi
29180 Winnsboro, SC 12.7 mi
29229 Columbia, SC 12.9 mi
29132 Rion, SC 14.1 mi
29078 Lugoff, SC 14.6 mi
29021 Camden, SC 15.7 mi
29223 Columbia, SC 16.7 mi
29055 Great Falls, SC 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29130?

29130 is in Ridgeway, South Carolina, in Fairfield County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3316, -80.8804.

What county is 29130 in?

29130 spans 3 counties: Fairfield County, Kershaw County and Richland County. Most of it falls in Fairfield 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 29130?

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

What time zone is 29130 in?

29130 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29130?

About 6,252 people live in ZIP code 29130, in 3,000 households, at 41.4 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 29130?

$63,963 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29130?

The closest are 29074 (8.4 mi), 29016 (10.9 mi), 29045 (11 mi), 29180 (12.7 mi) and 29229 (12.9 mi).

Is 29130 a PO Box ZIP code?

29130 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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