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29303

ZIP 29303 is in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time. Spartanburg has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Spartanburg
Metro area
Spartanburg, SC
Population
28,381
Coordinates
34.9953, -81.9684
☼ Live from 29303 — Spartanburg, SC

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Where 29303 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29303
  • 🔢 Type 29303 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOEGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 29303 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001001110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29302 (Spartanburg, SC, 10 mi away) and 29304 (Spartanburg, SC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29303 becomes 30392 — and that is a real ZIP code: Atlanta, GA, 163 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02339, 03293, 09233, 20393, 23039, 23093, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09233 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,334 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯969 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29303 and you would come out at 35.00°S, 98.03°E — 1,047 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 32.4 square miles of land, 29303 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,381This ZIP28,381
Households9,448This ZIP9,448
Housing units11,004This ZIP11,004
Median age30.9This ZIP30.9South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$48,295This ZIP$48,295South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$159,500This ZIP$159,500South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,044This ZIP$1,044South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.9%This ZIP10.9%
Mean commute22.4 minThis ZIP22.4 min
Population density875.0 / sq miThis ZIP875.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments856This ZIP856
Employees30,644This ZIP30,644
Annual payroll$1,831,225,000This ZIP$1,831,225,000
Tax returns filed10,290This ZIP10,290
Total adjusted gross income$426,313,000This ZIP$426,313,000

Land area

Land area32.44 sq miThis ZIP32.44 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 29303

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

ZIP codes near 29303

ZIPCityDistance
29378 Una, SC 2.0 mi
29320 Arcadia, SC 2.9 mi
29316 Boiling Springs, SC 3.3 mi
29336 Fairforest, SC 3.6 mi
29333 Drayton, SC 3.7 mi
29305 Spartanburg, SC 3.8 mi
29319 Spartanburg, SC 3.8 mi
29301 Spartanburg, SC 4.9 mi
29386 White Stone, SC 7.4 mi
29329 Converse, SC 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29303?

29303 is in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County, part of the Spartanburg, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9953, -81.9684.

What county is 29303 in?

29303 lies in Spartanburg County.

What area code is 29303?

Spartanburg uses area codes 864 and 821, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29303 in?

29303 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29303?

About 28,381 people live in ZIP code 29303, in 9,448 households, at 875.0 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 29303?

$48,295 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29303?

The closest are 29378 (2 mi), 29320 (2.9 mi), 29316 (3.3 mi), 29336 (3.6 mi) and 29333 (3.7 mi).

Is 29303 a PO Box ZIP code?

29303 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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