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29568

ZIP 29568 is Longs, South Carolina, in Horry County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Horry
Population
17,097
Coordinates
33.9135, -78.7503
☼ Live from 29568 — Longs, SC

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Where 29568 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29568
  • 🔢 Type 29568 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,568 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 11. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001110000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29567 (Little Rock, SC, 59 mi away) and 29569 (Loris, SC, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29568 becomes 86592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25986, 28659, 29658, 29685, 29856, 56289, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96258 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,216 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,167 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29568 and you would come out at 33.91°S, 101.25°E — 857 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 89.5 square miles of land, 29568 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 68 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,097This ZIP17,097
Households7,373This ZIP7,373
Housing units8,811This ZIP8,811
Median age53.0This ZIP53.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$62,653This ZIP$62,653South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$254,900This ZIP$254,900South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,823This ZIP$1,823South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.0%This ZIP20.0%
Mean commute22.3 minThis ZIP22.3 min
Population density190.9 / sq miThis ZIP190.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments227This ZIP227
Employees2,072This ZIP2,072
Annual payroll$92,213,000This ZIP$92,213,000
Tax returns filed9,480This ZIP9,480
Total adjusted gross income$534,960,000This ZIP$534,960,000

Land area

Land area89.55 sq miThis ZIP89.55 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 29568

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ZIP codes near 29568

ZIPCityDistance
29566 Little River, SC 5.5 mi
29597 North Myrtle Beach, SC 7.9 mi
29598 North Myrtle Beach, SC 7.9 mi
29582 North Myrtle Beach, SC 7.9 mi
28467 Calabash, NC 9.1 mi
29528 Conway, SC 9.8 mi
29572 Myrtle Beach, SC 10.2 mi
29569 Loris, SC 12.4 mi
28452 Longwood, NC 12.8 mi
28468 Sunset Beach, NC 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29568?

29568 is in Longs, South Carolina, in Horry County, part of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9135, -78.7503.

What county is 29568 in?

29568 lies in Horry County.

What area code is 29568?

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

What time zone is 29568 in?

29568 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29568?

About 17,097 people live in ZIP code 29568, in 7,373 households, at 190.9 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 29568?

$62,653 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29568?

The closest are 29566 (5.5 mi), 29597 (7.9 mi), 29598 (7.9 mi), 29582 (7.9 mi) and 28467 (9.1 mi).

Is 29568 a PO Box ZIP code?

29568 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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