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29566

ZIP 29566 is Little River, South Carolina, in Horry County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Horry
Population
23,806
Coordinates
33.8890, -78.6594
☼ Live from 29566 — Little River, SC

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Where 29566 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29566
  • 🔢 Type 29566 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,566 = 2 × 14783. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001101111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29565 (Latta, SC, 58 mi away) and 29567 (Little Rock, SC, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29566 becomes 66592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25669, 25696, 25966, 29656, 29665, 56296, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95626 in Elverta, CA, 2,386 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,172 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29566 and you would come out at 33.89°S, 101.34°E — 852 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 32.4 square miles of land, 29566 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,806This ZIP23,806
Households10,858This ZIP10,858
Housing units14,434This ZIP14,434
Median age59.4This ZIP59.4South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$64,878This ZIP$64,878South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$308,700This ZIP$308,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,520This ZIP$1,520South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.0%This ZIP25.0%
Mean commute22.5 minThis ZIP22.5 min
Population density734.9 / sq miThis ZIP734.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments509This ZIP509
Employees4,518This ZIP4,518
Annual payroll$186,198,000This ZIP$186,198,000
Tax returns filed14,010This ZIP14,010
Total adjusted gross income$931,825,000This ZIP$931,825,000

Land area

Land area32.40 sq miThis ZIP32.40 sq mi
Water area0.50 sq miThis ZIP0.50 sq mi

Other place names in 29566

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ZIP codes near 29566

ZIPCityDistance
29582 North Myrtle Beach, SC 3.9 mi
28467 Calabash, NC 4.4 mi
29597 North Myrtle Beach, SC 5.2 mi
29598 North Myrtle Beach, SC 5.2 mi
29568 Longs, SC 5.5 mi
28468 Sunset Beach, NC 8.1 mi
28452 Longwood, NC 10.0 mi
28469 Ocean Isle Beach, NC 11.1 mi
29572 Myrtle Beach, SC 11.2 mi
28459 Shallotte, NC 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29566?

29566 is in Little River, South Carolina, in Horry County, part of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8890, -78.6594.

What county is 29566 in?

29566 lies in Horry County.

What area code is 29566?

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

What time zone is 29566 in?

29566 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29566?

About 23,806 people live in ZIP code 29566, in 10,858 households, at 734.9 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 29566?

$64,878 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29566?

The closest are 29582 (3.9 mi), 28467 (4.4 mi), 29597 (5.2 mi), 29598 (5.2 mi) and 29568 (5.5 mi).

Is 29566 a PO Box ZIP code?

29566 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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