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29405

ZIP 29405 is in North Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. North Charleston has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 29415, 29418, 29419 and 29420.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Charleston
Population
26,254
Coordinates
32.8525, -79.9798
☼ Live from 29405 — North Charleston, SC

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Where 29405 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29405
  • 🔢 Type 29405 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,405 = 5 × 5881. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29404 (Charleston Afb, SC, 5 mi away) and 29406 (Charleston, SC, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29405 becomes 50492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02459, 02495, 04259, 04925, 04952, 05492, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09245 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,638 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,139 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29405 and you would come out at 32.85°S, 100.02°E — 925 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 14.6 square miles of land, 29405 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,254This ZIP26,254
Households11,639This ZIP11,639
Housing units13,393This ZIP13,393
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$56,600This ZIP$56,600South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$307,800This ZIP$307,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,253This ZIP$1,253South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.0%This ZIP29.0%
Mean commute19.0 minThis ZIP19.0 min
Population density1,793.1 / sq miThis ZIP1,793.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,189This ZIP1,189
Employees20,684This ZIP20,684
Annual payroll$1,421,442,000This ZIP$1,421,442,000
Tax returns filed11,680This ZIP11,680
Total adjusted gross income$744,521,000This ZIP$744,521,000

Land area

Land area14.64 sq miThis ZIP14.64 sq mi
Water area4.02 sq miThis ZIP4.02 sq mi

Other place names in 29405

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ZIP codes near 29405

ZIPCityDistance
29415 North Charleston, SC 0.3 mi
29419 North Charleston, SC 0.3 mi
29407 Charleston, SC 3.8 mi
29403 Charleston, SC 3.9 mi
29409 Charleston, SC 4.0 mi
29425 Charleston, SC 5.0 mi
29404 Charleston Afb, SC 5.3 mi
29424 Charleston, SC 5.3 mi
29401 Charleston, SC 5.9 mi
29402 Charleston, SC 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29405?

29405 is in North Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.8525, -79.9798.

What county is 29405 in?

29405 lies in Charleston County.

What area code is 29405?

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

What time zone is 29405 in?

29405 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29405?

About 26,254 people live in ZIP code 29405, in 11,639 households, at 1,793.1 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 29405?

$56,600 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29405?

The closest are 29415 (0.3 mi), 29419 (0.3 mi), 29407 (3.8 mi), 29403 (3.9 mi) and 29409 (4 mi).

Is 29405 a PO Box ZIP code?

29405 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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