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29470

ZIP 29470 is Ravenel, South Carolina, mostly in Charleston County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Charleston +1 more
Population
5,639
Coordinates
32.8142, -80.2103
☼ Live from 29470 — Ravenel, SC

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Where 29470 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29470
  • 🔢 Type 29470 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,470 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 421. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001100011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29469 (Pinopolis, SC, 30 mi away) and 29471 (Reevesville, SC, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29470 becomes 07492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02479, 04927, 04972, 07924, 09472, 09724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,279 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,129 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29470 and you would come out at 32.81°S, 99.79°E — 939 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 72.5 square miles of land, 29470 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,639This ZIP5,639
Households2,089This ZIP2,089
Housing units2,262This ZIP2,262
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$86,410This ZIP$86,410South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$345,000This ZIP$345,000South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$944This ZIP$944South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.2%This ZIP42.2%
Mean commute30.8 minThis ZIP30.8 min
Population density77.8 / sq miThis ZIP77.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments120This ZIP120
Employees886This ZIP886
Annual payroll$52,654,000This ZIP$52,654,000
Tax returns filed2,370This ZIP2,370
Total adjusted gross income$204,277,000This ZIP$204,277,000

Land area

Land area72.48 sq miThis ZIP72.48 sq mi
Water area0.51 sq miThis ZIP0.51 sq mi

Counties 29470 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Charleston County 66.2%
Dorchester County 33.8%

Other place names in 29470

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ZIP codes near 29470

ZIPCityDistance
29457 Johns Island, SC 6.1 mi
29414 Charleston, SC 6.4 mi
29485 Summerville, SC 8.2 mi
29449 Hollywood, SC 8.9 mi
29418 North Charleston, SC 9.4 mi
29426 Adams Run, SC 9.9 mi
29420 North Charleston, SC 10.4 mi
29404 Charleston Afb, SC 10.8 mi
29487 Wadmalaw Island, SC 10.9 mi
29455 Johns Island, SC 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29470?

29470 is in Ravenel, South Carolina, in Charleston County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.8142, -80.2103.

What county is 29470 in?

29470 spans 2 counties: Charleston County and Dorchester County. Most of it falls in Charleston 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 29470?

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

What time zone is 29470 in?

29470 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29470?

About 5,639 people live in ZIP code 29470, in 2,089 households, at 77.8 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 29470?

$86,410 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29470?

The closest are 29457 (6.1 mi), 29414 (6.4 mi), 29485 (8.2 mi), 29449 (8.9 mi) and 29418 (9.4 mi).

Is 29470 a PO Box ZIP code?

29470 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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