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29161

ZIP 29161 is Timmonsville, South Carolina, mostly in Florence County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Florence +1 more
Metro area
Florence, SC
Population
9,688
Coordinates
34.1028, -79.9434
☼ Live from 29161 — Timmonsville, SC

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Where 29161 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29161
  • 🔢 Type 29161 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgIGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,161 = 11 × 11 × 241. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000111101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29160 (Swansea, SC, 67 mi away) and 29162 (Turbeville, SC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29161 becomes 16192, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11692, 11962, 12169, 12196, 12916, 12961, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96121 in Milford, CA, 2,247 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,100 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29161 and you would come out at 34.10°S, 100.06°E — 927 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 135.2 square miles of land, 29161 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 103 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,688This ZIP9,688
Households4,060This ZIP4,060
Housing units5,037This ZIP5,037
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$50,517This ZIP$50,517South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$142,700This ZIP$142,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$865This ZIP$865South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.5%This ZIP19.5%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density71.7 / sq miThis ZIP71.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments135This ZIP135
Employees4,525This ZIP4,525
Annual payroll$378,752,000This ZIP$378,752,000
Tax returns filed4,530This ZIP4,530
Total adjusted gross income$234,241,000This ZIP$234,241,000

Land area

Land area135.19 sq miThis ZIP135.19 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Counties 29161 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Florence County 75.8%
Darlington County 24.3%

Other place names in 29161

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

ZIP codes near 29161

ZIPCityDistance
29501 Florence, SC 9.7 mi
29069 Lamar, SC 10.2 mi
29080 Lynchburg, SC 10.3 mi
29114 Olanta, SC 10.3 mi
29502 Florence, SC 11.3 mi
29541 Effingham, SC 11.9 mi
29046 Elliott, SC 12.5 mi
29532 Darlington, SC 13.5 mi
29530 Coward, SC 13.8 mi
29505 Florence, SC 14.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29161?

29161 is in Timmonsville, South Carolina, in Florence County, part of the Florence, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1028, -79.9434.

What county is 29161 in?

29161 spans 2 counties: Florence County and Darlington County. Most of it falls in Florence 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 29161?

Timmonsville uses area codes 843 and 854, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29161 in?

29161 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29161?

About 9,688 people live in ZIP code 29161, in 4,060 households, at 71.7 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 29161?

$50,517 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29161?

The closest are 29501 (9.7 mi), 29069 (10.2 mi), 29080 (10.3 mi), 29114 (10.3 mi) and 29502 (11.3 mi).

Is 29161 a PO Box ZIP code?

29161 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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