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29412

ZIP 29412 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
39,256
Coordinates
32.7120, -79.9522
☼ Live from 29412 — Charleston, SC

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Where 29412 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29412
  • 🔢 Type 29412 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,412 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 19 × 43. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29410 (Hanahan, SC, 16 mi away) and 29413 (Charleston, SC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29412 becomes 21492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12249, 12429, 12492, 12924, 12942, 19422, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94122 in San Francisco, CA, 2,405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29412 and you would come out at 32.71°S, 100.05°E — 924 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 39.2 square miles of land, 29412 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population39,256This ZIP39,256
Households16,758This ZIP16,758
Housing units18,413This ZIP18,413
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$101,509This ZIP$101,509South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$504,500This ZIP$504,500South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,881This ZIP$1,881South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.1%This ZIP56.1%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density1,001.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,001.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,088This ZIP1,088
Employees8,366This ZIP8,366
Annual payroll$356,346,000This ZIP$356,346,000
Tax returns filed20,620This ZIP20,620
Total adjusted gross income$2,429,895,000This ZIP$2,429,895,000

Land area

Land area39.20 sq miThis ZIP39.20 sq mi
Water area11.69 sq miThis ZIP11.69 sq mi

Other place names in 29412

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ZIP codes near 29412

ZIPCityDistance
29439 Folly Beach, SC 4.4 mi
29402 Charleston, SC 4.6 mi
29401 Charleston, SC 4.7 mi
29425 Charleston, SC 5.1 mi
29424 Charleston, SC 5.1 mi
29409 Charleston, SC 5.9 mi
29403 Charleston, SC 6.3 mi
29407 Charleston, SC 6.6 mi
29465 Mount Pleasant, SC 7.7 mi
29482 Sullivans Island, SC 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29412?

29412 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7120, -79.9522.

What county is 29412 in?

29412 lies in Charleston County.

What area code is 29412?

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

What time zone is 29412 in?

29412 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29412?

About 39,256 people live in ZIP code 29412, in 16,758 households, at 1,001.4 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 29412?

$101,509 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29412?

The closest are 29439 (4.4 mi), 29402 (4.6 mi), 29401 (4.7 mi), 29425 (5.1 mi) and 29424 (5.1 mi).

Is 29412 a PO Box ZIP code?

29412 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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