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29554

ZIP 29554 is Hemingway, South Carolina, mostly in Georgetown County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Georgetown +2 more
Metro area
Murrells Inlet, SC
Population
8,681
Coordinates
33.7026, -79.3925
☼ Live from 29554 — Hemingway, SC

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Where 29554 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29554
  • 🔢 Type 29554 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,554 = 2 × 7 × 2111. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29551 (Hartsville, SC, 62 mi away) and 29555 (Johnsonville, SC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29554 becomes 45592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24595, 29455, 29545, 49255, 49525, 52549, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95524 in Bayside, CA, 2,477 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% 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 29554 and you would come out at 33.70°S, 100.61°E — 893 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 210.7 square miles of land, 29554 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 160 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,681This ZIP8,681
Households3,470This ZIP3,470
Housing units4,312This ZIP4,312
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$55,100This ZIP$55,100South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$156,700This ZIP$156,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$871This ZIP$871South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.6%This ZIP16.6%
Mean commute34.6 minThis ZIP34.6 min
Population density41.2 / sq miThis ZIP41.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments127This ZIP127
Employees1,582This ZIP1,582
Annual payroll$50,415,000This ZIP$50,415,000
Tax returns filed3,680This ZIP3,680
Total adjusted gross income$174,333,000This ZIP$174,333,000

Land area

Land area210.71 sq miThis ZIP210.71 sq mi
Water area0.98 sq miThis ZIP0.98 sq mi

Counties 29554 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Georgetown County 51.7%
Williamsburg County 47.5%
Florence County 0.8%

Other place names in 29554

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ZIP codes near 29554

ZIPCityDistance
29580 Nesmith, SC 9.8 mi
29555 Johnsonville, SC 10.3 mi
29546 Gresham, SC 12.8 mi
29527 Conway, SC 15.6 mi
29585 Pawleys Island, SC 20.2 mi
29510 Andrews, SC 21.3 mi
29588 Myrtle Beach, SC 21.3 mi
29556 Kingstree, SC 21.4 mi
29576 Murrells Inlet, SC 21.6 mi
29583 Pamplico, SC 21.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29554?

29554 is in Hemingway, South Carolina, in Georgetown County, part of the Murrells Inlet, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7026, -79.3925.

What county is 29554 in?

29554 spans 3 counties: Georgetown County, Williamsburg County and Florence County. Most of it falls in Georgetown 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 29554?

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

What time zone is 29554 in?

29554 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29554?

About 8,681 people live in ZIP code 29554, in 3,470 households, at 41.2 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 29554?

$55,100 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29554?

The closest are 29580 (9.8 mi), 29555 (10.3 mi), 29546 (12.8 mi), 29527 (15.6 mi) and 29585 (20.2 mi).

Is 29554 a PO Box ZIP code?

29554 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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