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29544

ZIP 29544 is Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, in Horry County; area code 843; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Horry
Population
8,252
Coordinates
34.0016, -79.2208
☼ Live from 29544 — Galivants Ferry, SC

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Where 29544 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29544
  • 🔢 Type 29544 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,544 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 1231. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001101101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29543 (Fork, SC, 20 mi away) and 29545 (Green Sea, SC, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29544 becomes 44592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24459, 24549, 24594, 24945, 24954, 29445, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95424 in Clearlake Park, CA, 2,414 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,140 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29544 and you would come out at 34.00°S, 100.78°E — 885 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 120.5 square miles of land, 29544 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 92 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,252This ZIP8,252
Households3,009This ZIP3,009
Housing units3,242This ZIP3,242
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$78,401This ZIP$78,401South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$210,000This ZIP$210,000South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$956This ZIP$956South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.2%This ZIP18.2%
Mean commute31.6 minThis ZIP31.6 min
Population density68.5 / sq miThis ZIP68.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments55This ZIP55
Employees328This ZIP328
Annual payroll$16,112,000This ZIP$16,112,000
Tax returns filed3,050This ZIP3,050
Total adjusted gross income$186,369,000This ZIP$186,369,000

Land area

Land area120.54 sq miThis ZIP120.54 sq mi
Water area0.92 sq miThis ZIP0.92 sq mi

Other place names in 29544

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ZIP codes near 29544

ZIPCityDistance
29511 Aynor, SC 5.9 mi
29519 Centenary, SC 8.1 mi
29589 Rains, SC 8.9 mi
29546 Gresham, SC 11.0 mi
29574 Mullins, SC 11.5 mi
29581 Nichols, SC 14.7 mi
29571 Marion, SC 14.9 mi
29527 Conway, SC 15.7 mi
29526 Conway, SC 16.8 mi
29555 Johnsonville, SC 17.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29544?

29544 is in Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, in Horry County, part of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.0016, -79.2208.

What county is 29544 in?

29544 lies in Horry County.

What area code is 29544?

Galivants Ferry uses area code 843, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29544 in?

29544 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29544?

About 8,252 people live in ZIP code 29544, in 3,009 households, at 68.5 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 29544?

$78,401 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29544?

The closest are 29511 (5.9 mi), 29519 (8.1 mi), 29589 (8.9 mi), 29546 (11 mi) and 29574 (11.5 mi).

Is 29544 a PO Box ZIP code?

29544 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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