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29417

ZIP 29417 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Charleston has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Charleston
Coordinates
32.8488, -79.8577

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 29464, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29417 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29417
  • 🔢 Type 29417 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,417 = 23 × 1279. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29416 (Charleston, SC, 0 mi away) and 29418 (North Charleston, SC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29417 becomes 71492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12749, 12974, 14729, 17249, 19472, 21749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97412 in Blachly, OR, 2,456 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% 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 29417 and you would come out at 32.85°S, 100.14°E — 918 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees68This ZIP68
Annual payroll$5,436,000This ZIP$5,436,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29417

ZIPCityDistance
29413 Charleston, SC 0.0 mi
29416 Charleston, SC 0.0 mi
29422 Charleston, SC 0.0 mi
29423 Charleston, SC 0.0 mi
29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 2.0 mi
29465 Mount Pleasant, SC 3.8 mi
29492 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29466 Mount Pleasant, SC 4.7 mi
29482 Sullivans Island, SC 5.6 mi
29403 Charleston, SC 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29417?

29417 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.8488, -79.8577.

What county is 29417 in?

29417 lies in Charleston County.

What area code is 29417?

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

What time zone is 29417 in?

29417 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29417?

The closest are 29413 (0 mi), 29416 (0 mi), 29422 (0 mi), 29423 (0 mi) and 29464 (2 mi).

Is 29417 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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