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29420

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dorchester +1 more
Population
23,959
Coordinates
32.9325, -80.1001
☼ Live from 29420 — North Charleston, SC

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Where 29420 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29420
  • 🔢 Type 29420 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,420 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 1471. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29419 (North Charleston, SC, 9 mi away) and 29422 (Charleston, SC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29420 becomes 02492 — and that is a real ZIP code: Needham, MA, 806 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02492, 04292, 04922, 09242, 09422, 20429, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09242 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,465 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,130 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29420 and you would come out at 32.93°S, 99.90°E — 932 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 10.0 square miles of land, 29420 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,959This ZIP23,959
Households9,515This ZIP9,515
Housing units9,957This ZIP9,957
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$72,661This ZIP$72,661South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$331,700This ZIP$331,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,529This ZIP$1,529South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.4%This ZIP32.4%
Mean commute27.6 minThis ZIP27.6 min
Population density2,391.8 / sq miThis ZIP2,391.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments325This ZIP325
Employees4,704This ZIP4,704
Annual payroll$200,625,000This ZIP$200,625,000
Tax returns filed11,430This ZIP11,430
Total adjusted gross income$725,090,000This ZIP$725,090,000

Land area

Land area10.02 sq miThis ZIP10.02 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 29420 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Dorchester County 59.6%
Charleston County 40.5%

Other place names in 29420

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ZIP codes near 29420

ZIPCityDistance
29418 North Charleston, SC 1.6 mi
29404 Charleston Afb, SC 3.7 mi
29456 Ladson, SC 3.7 mi
29406 Charleston, SC 3.8 mi
29410 Hanahan, SC 5.0 mi
29414 Charleston, SC 6.2 mi
29485 Summerville, SC 6.2 mi
29484 Summerville, SC 8.8 mi
29405 North Charleston, SC 8.9 mi
29445 Goose Creek, SC 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29420?

29420 is in North Charleston, South Carolina, in Dorchester County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.9325, -80.1001.

What county is 29420 in?

29420 spans 2 counties: Dorchester County and Charleston County. Most of it falls in Dorchester County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 29420?

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

What time zone is 29420 in?

29420 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29420?

About 23,959 people live in ZIP code 29420, in 9,515 households, at 2,391.8 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 29420?

$72,661 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29420?

The closest are 29418 (1.6 mi), 29404 (3.7 mi), 29456 (3.7 mi), 29406 (3.8 mi) and 29410 (5 mi).

Is 29420 a PO Box ZIP code?

29420 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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