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29506

ZIP 29506 is in Florence, South Carolina, mostly in Florence County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Florence has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 29501, 29502, 29503, 29504 and 29505.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Florence +1 more
Metro area
Florence, SC
Population
20,777
Coordinates
34.2105, -79.6499
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Where 29506 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29506
  • 🔢 Type 29506 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,506 = 2 × 14753. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001101000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29505 (Florence, SC, 6 mi away) and 29510 (Andrews, SC, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29506 becomes 60592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02659, 06259, 09265, 09625, 20659, 20695, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96520 in APO AA, a military post office, 10,458 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,111 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29506 and you would come out at 34.21°S, 100.35°E — 910 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 120.8 square miles of land, 29506 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 92 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,777This ZIP20,777
Households7,233This ZIP7,233
Housing units8,963This ZIP8,963
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$40,311This ZIP$40,311South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$123,300This ZIP$123,300South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$798This ZIP$798South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.4%This ZIP14.4%
Mean commute22.6 minThis ZIP22.6 min
Population density172.1 / sq miThis ZIP172.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments312This ZIP312
Employees14,825This ZIP14,825
Annual payroll$915,524,000This ZIP$915,524,000
Tax returns filed8,060This ZIP8,060
Total adjusted gross income$347,517,000This ZIP$347,517,000

Land area

Land area120.75 sq miThis ZIP120.75 sq mi
Water area1.29 sq miThis ZIP1.29 sq mi

Counties 29506 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Florence County 98.1%
Darlington County 1.9%

Other place names in 29506

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

ZIP codes near 29506

ZIPCityDistance
29505 Florence, SC 6.0 mi
29502 Florence, SC 7.7 mi
29501 Florence, SC 10.1 mi
29503 Florence, SC 10.2 mi
29541 Effingham, SC 11.3 mi
29592 Sellers, SC 11.4 mi
29504 Florence, SC 11.9 mi
29532 Darlington, SC 12.5 mi
29565 Latta, SC 13.3 mi
29571 Marion, SC 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29506?

29506 is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County, part of the Florence, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2105, -79.6499.

What county is 29506 in?

29506 spans 2 counties: Florence County and Darlington County. Most of it falls in Florence 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 29506?

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

What time zone is 29506 in?

29506 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29506?

About 20,777 people live in ZIP code 29506, in 7,233 households, at 172.1 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 29506?

$40,311 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29506?

The closest are 29505 (6 mi), 29502 (7.7 mi), 29501 (10.1 mi), 29503 (10.2 mi) and 29541 (11.3 mi).

Is 29506 a PO Box ZIP code?

29506 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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