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29340

ZIP 29340 is in Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time. Gaffney has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 29341 and 29342.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cherokee
Metro area
Gaffney, SC
Population
20,763
Coordinates
34.9723, -81.5859
☼ Live from 29340 — Gaffney, SC

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Where 29340 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29340
  • 🔢 Type 29340 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhEGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,340 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 163. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001010011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29338 (Fingerville, SC, 26 mi away) and 29341 (Gaffney, SC, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29340 becomes 04392, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02349, 02493, 03249, 04239, 04923, 04932, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94302 in Palo Alto, CA, 2,250 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯989 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29340 and you would come out at 34.97°S, 98.41°E — 1,026 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 163.4 square miles of land, 29340 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 124 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,763This ZIP20,763
Households8,131This ZIP8,131
Housing units9,576This ZIP9,576
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$44,123This ZIP$44,123South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$108,800This ZIP$108,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$798This ZIP$798South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.2%This ZIP11.2%
Mean commute26.2 minThis ZIP26.2 min
Population density127.1 / sq miThis ZIP127.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments273This ZIP273
Employees4,256This ZIP4,256
Annual payroll$166,763,000This ZIP$166,763,000
Tax returns filed8,320This ZIP8,320
Total adjusted gross income$404,744,000This ZIP$404,744,000

Land area

Land area163.38 sq miThis ZIP163.38 sq mi
Water area2.00 sq miThis ZIP2.00 sq mi

Other place names in 29340

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ZIP codes near 29340

ZIPCityDistance
29342 Gaffney, SC 4.1 mi
29717 Hickory Grove, SC 7.9 mi
29372 Pacolet, SC 8.6 mi
29373 Pacolet Mills, SC 9.5 mi
29743 Smyrna, SC 9.9 mi
29353 Jonesville, SC 10.4 mi
29395 Jonesville, SC 11.6 mi
29702 Blacksburg, SC 11.8 mi
29341 Gaffney, SC 12.4 mi
29742 Sharon, SC 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29340?

29340 is in Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County, part of the Gaffney, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9723, -81.5859.

What county is 29340 in?

29340 lies in Cherokee County.

What area code is 29340?

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

What time zone is 29340 in?

29340 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29340?

About 20,763 people live in ZIP code 29340, in 8,131 households, at 127.1 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 29340?

$44,123 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29340?

The closest are 29342 (4.1 mi), 29717 (7.9 mi), 29372 (8.6 mi), 29373 (9.5 mi) and 29743 (9.9 mi).

Is 29340 a PO Box ZIP code?

29340 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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