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29439

ZIP 29439 is Folly Beach, South Carolina, in Charleston County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Charleston
Population
1,125
Coordinates
32.6480, -79.9601
☼ Live from 29439 — Folly Beach, SC

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Where 29439 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29439
  • 🔢 Type 29439 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,439 = 3 × 3 × 3271. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001011111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29438 (Edisto Island, SC, 22 mi away) and 29440 (Georgetown, SC, 62 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29439 becomes 93492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24993, 29349, 29493, 29934, 29943, 32949, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94923 in Bodega Bay, CA, 2,433 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,147 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29439 and you would come out at 32.65°S, 100.04°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 2.9 square miles of land, 29439 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,125This ZIP1,125
Households531This ZIP531
Housing units2,022This ZIP2,022
Median age59.7This ZIP59.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$137,396This ZIP$137,396South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$1,043,200This ZIP$1,043,200South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,844This ZIP$1,844South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher66.8%This ZIP66.8%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density386.9 / sq miThis ZIP386.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments95This ZIP95
Employees778This ZIP778
Annual payroll$49,623,000This ZIP$49,623,000

Land area

Land area2.91 sq miThis ZIP2.91 sq mi
Water area0.80 sq miThis ZIP0.80 sq mi

Other place names in 29439

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ZIP codes near 29439

ZIPCityDistance
29412 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29455 Johns Island, SC 8.1 mi
29402 Charleston, SC 9.0 mi
29401 Charleston, SC 9.1 mi
29425 Charleston, SC 9.5 mi
29424 Charleston, SC 9.5 mi
29409 Charleston, SC 10.3 mi
29407 Charleston, SC 10.7 mi
29403 Charleston, SC 10.8 mi
29482 Sullivans Island, SC 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29439?

29439 is in Folly Beach, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6480, -79.9601.

What county is 29439 in?

29439 lies in Charleston County.

What area code is 29439?

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

What time zone is 29439 in?

29439 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29439?

About 1,125 people live in ZIP code 29439, in 531 households, at 386.9 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 29439?

$137,396 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29439?

The closest are 29412 (4.4 mi), 29455 (8.1 mi), 29402 (9 mi), 29401 (9.1 mi) and 29425 (9.5 mi).

Is 29439 a PO Box ZIP code?

29439 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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