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29409

ZIP 29409 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
2,056
Coordinates
32.7967, -79.9607
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Where 29409 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29409
  • 🔢 Type 29409 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,409 = 3 × 9803. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29407 (Charleston, SC, 2 mi away) and 29410 (Hanahan, SC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29409 becomes 90492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04929, 04992, 09249, 29904, 29940, 40299, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09249 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,433 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,142 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29409 and you would come out at 32.80°S, 100.04°E — 924 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 0.146 square miles of land, 29409 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 71 football fields.
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People and housing

Population2,056This ZIP2,056
Households7This ZIP7
Housing units18This ZIP18
Median age20.0This ZIP20.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density14,082.2 / sq miThis ZIP14,082.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees201This ZIP201
Annual payroll$6,183,000This ZIP$6,183,000

Land area

Land area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 29409

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

ZIP codes near 29409

ZIPCityDistance
29403 Charleston, SC 1.0 mi
29425 Charleston, SC 1.1 mi
29424 Charleston, SC 1.6 mi
29401 Charleston, SC 2.1 mi
29407 Charleston, SC 2.2 mi
29402 Charleston, SC 2.2 mi
29405 North Charleston, SC 4.0 mi
29415 North Charleston, SC 4.1 mi
29419 North Charleston, SC 4.1 mi
29465 Mount Pleasant, SC 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29409?

29409 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7967, -79.9607.

What county is 29409 in?

29409 lies in Charleston County.

What area code is 29409?

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

What time zone is 29409 in?

29409 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29409?

About 2,056 people live in ZIP code 29409, in 7 households, at 14,082.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 29409?

The closest are 29403 (1 mi), 29425 (1.1 mi), 29424 (1.6 mi), 29401 (2.1 mi) and 29407 (2.2 mi).

Is 29409 a PO Box ZIP code?

29409 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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