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29493

ZIP 29493 is Williams, South Carolina, in Colleton County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Colleton
Metro area
none
Population
156
Coordinates
33.0453, -80.8428
☼ Live from 29493 — Williams, SC

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Where 29493 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29493
  • 🔢 Type 29493 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,493 = 3 × 3 × 29 × 113. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001100110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29492 (Charleston, SC, 57 mi away) and 29501 (Florence, SC, 99 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29493 becomes 39492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24993, 29349, 29439, 29934, 29943, 32949, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94923 in Bodega Bay, CA, 2,375 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,089 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29493 and you would come out at 33.05°S, 99.16°E — 975 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 58m.
  • 📏 At 2.5 square miles of land, 29493 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population156This ZIP156
Households70This ZIP70
Housing units80This ZIP80
Median age50.4This ZIP50.4South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median home value$92,800This ZIP$92,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute79.7 minThis ZIP79.7 min
Population density63.4 / sq miThis ZIP63.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees53This ZIP53
Annual payroll$3,741,000This ZIP$3,741,000

Land area

Land area2.46 sq miThis ZIP2.46 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 29493

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 29493

ZIPCityDistance
29475 Ruffin, SC 5.6 mi
29082 Lodge, SC 5.6 mi
29481 Smoaks, SC 5.9 mi
29929 Islandton, SC 7.8 mi
29081 Ehrhardt, SC 12.2 mi
29433 Canadys, SC 12.3 mi
29432 Branchville, SC 12.8 mi
29933 Miley, SC 12.9 mi
29488 Walterboro, SC 13.7 mi
29471 Reevesville, SC 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29493?

29493 is in Williams, South Carolina, in Colleton County. Its published point location is 33.0453, -80.8428.

What county is 29493 in?

29493 lies in Colleton County.

What area code is 29493?

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

What time zone is 29493 in?

29493 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29493?

About 156 people live in ZIP code 29493, in 70 households, at 63.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 29493?

The closest are 29475 (5.6 mi), 29082 (5.6 mi), 29481 (5.9 mi), 29929 (7.8 mi) and 29081 (12.2 mi).

Is 29493 a PO Box ZIP code?

29493 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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