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29401

ZIP 29401 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Charleston has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Charleston
Population
9,339
Coordinates
32.7772, -79.9320
☼ Live from 29401 — Charleston, SC

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Where 29401 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29401
  • 🔢 Type 29401 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 29401 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29395 (Jonesville, SC, 176 mi away) and 29402 (Charleston, SC, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29401 becomes 10492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02149, 02914, 04219, 04291, 04912, 04921, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09142 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,583 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,144 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29401 and you would come out at 32.78°S, 100.07°E — 923 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 1.5 square miles of land, 29401 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,339This ZIP9,339
Households4,186This ZIP4,186
Housing units5,754This ZIP5,754
Median age44.0This ZIP44.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$99,667This ZIP$99,667South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$1,164,800This ZIP$1,164,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,790This ZIP$1,790South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher74.7%This ZIP74.7%
Mean commute15.5 minThis ZIP15.5 min
Population density6,084.0 / sq miThis ZIP6,084.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,305This ZIP1,305
Employees18,896This ZIP18,896
Annual payroll$1,372,839,000This ZIP$1,372,839,000
Tax returns filed3,870This ZIP3,870
Total adjusted gross income$1,498,524,000This ZIP$1,498,524,000

Land area

Land area1.54 sq miThis ZIP1.54 sq mi
Water area1.75 sq miThis ZIP1.75 sq mi

Other place names in 29401

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ZIP codes near 29401

ZIPCityDistance
29402 Charleston, SC 0.1 mi
29424 Charleston, SC 0.6 mi
29425 Charleston, SC 1.1 mi
29403 Charleston, SC 2.0 mi
29409 Charleston, SC 2.1 mi
29407 Charleston, SC 4.1 mi
29465 Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2 mi
29412 Charleston, SC 4.7 mi
29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 5.2 mi
29482 Sullivans Island, SC 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29401?

29401 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7772, -79.9320.

What county is 29401 in?

29401 lies in Charleston County.

What area code is 29401?

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

What time zone is 29401 in?

29401 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29401?

About 9,339 people live in ZIP code 29401, in 4,186 households, at 6,084.0 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 29401?

$99,667 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29401?

The closest are 29402 (0.1 mi), 29424 (0.6 mi), 29425 (1.1 mi), 29403 (2 mi) and 29409 (2.1 mi).

Is 29401 a PO Box ZIP code?

29401 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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