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29492

ZIP 29492 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Berkeley County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Charleston has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Berkeley
Population
20,436
Coordinates
32.9101, -79.8777
☼ Live from 29492 — Charleston, SC

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Where 29492 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29492
  • 🔢 Type 29492 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆29492 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,492 = 2 × 2 × 73 × 101. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001100110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29488 (Walterboro, SC, 46 mi away) and 29493 (Williams, SC, 57 mi away).
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22949, 29429, 29924, 49229, 49922, 92249, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94922 in Bodega, CA, 2,426 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,142 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29492 and you would come out at 32.91°S, 100.12°E — 919 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 52.8 square miles of land, 29492 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,436This ZIP20,436
Households9,468This ZIP9,468
Housing units10,531This ZIP10,531
Median age39.3This ZIP39.3South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$110,509This ZIP$110,509South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$791,400This ZIP$791,400South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,043This ZIP$2,043South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher65.9%This ZIP65.9%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density387.2 / sq miThis ZIP387.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments972This ZIP972
Employees15,571This ZIP15,571
Annual payroll$1,374,890,000This ZIP$1,374,890,000
Tax returns filed11,330This ZIP11,330
Total adjusted gross income$2,452,327,000This ZIP$2,452,327,000

Land area

Land area52.78 sq miThis ZIP52.78 sq mi
Water area9.63 sq miThis ZIP9.63 sq mi

Other place names in 29492

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ZIP codes near 29492

ZIPCityDistance
29413 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29416 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29417 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29422 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29423 Charleston, SC 4.4 mi
29466 Mount Pleasant, SC 6.0 mi
29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 6.4 mi
29415 North Charleston, SC 6.8 mi
29419 North Charleston, SC 6.8 mi
29405 North Charleston, SC 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29492?

29492 is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Berkeley County, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.9101, -79.8777.

What county is 29492 in?

29492 lies in Berkeley County.

What area code is 29492?

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

What time zone is 29492 in?

29492 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29492?

About 20,436 people live in ZIP code 29492, in 9,468 households, at 387.2 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 29492?

$110,509 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29492?

The closest are 29413 (4.4 mi), 29416 (4.4 mi), 29417 (4.4 mi), 29422 (4.4 mi) and 29423 (4.4 mi).

Is 29492 a PO Box ZIP code?

29492 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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