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29576

ZIP 29576 is Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, mostly in Horry County; area code 843; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Horry +1 more
Population
34,695
Coordinates
33.5698, -79.0535
☼ Live from 29576 — Murrells Inlet, SC

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Where 29576 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29576
  • 🔢 Type 29576 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,576 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3697. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001110001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29575 (Myrtle Beach, SC, 6 mi away) and 29577 (Myrtle Beach, SC, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29576 becomes 67592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27596, 27695, 27956, 27965, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,232 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,162 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29576 and you would come out at 33.57°S, 100.95°E — 873 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 30.5 square miles of land, 29576 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,695This ZIP34,695
Households16,828This ZIP16,828
Housing units22,670This ZIP22,670
Median age62.7This ZIP62.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$70,691This ZIP$70,691South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$340,400This ZIP$340,400South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,622This ZIP$1,622South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.3%This ZIP32.3%
Mean commute22.0 minThis ZIP22.0 min
Population density1,138.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,138.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,050This ZIP1,050
Employees11,245This ZIP11,245
Annual payroll$461,773,000This ZIP$461,773,000
Tax returns filed18,390This ZIP18,390
Total adjusted gross income$1,631,381,000This ZIP$1,631,381,000

Land area

Land area30.47 sq miThis ZIP30.47 sq mi
Water area2.14 sq miThis ZIP2.14 sq mi

Counties 29576 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Horry County 55.5%
Georgetown County 44.5%

Other place names in 29576

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ZIP codes near 29576

ZIPCityDistance
29585 Pawleys Island, SC 2.2 mi
29575 Myrtle Beach, SC 6.2 mi
29587 Myrtle Beach, SC 6.3 mi
29588 Myrtle Beach, SC 7.2 mi
29578 Myrtle Beach, SC 12.1 mi
29577 Myrtle Beach, SC 12.2 mi
29442 Georgetown, SC 15.2 mi
29527 Conway, SC 15.7 mi
29579 Myrtle Beach, SC 15.8 mi
29572 Myrtle Beach, SC 20.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29576?

29576 is in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, in Horry County, part of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5698, -79.0535.

What county is 29576 in?

29576 spans 2 counties: Horry County and Georgetown County. Most of it falls in Horry 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 29576?

Murrells Inlet uses area code 843, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29576 in?

29576 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29576?

About 34,695 people live in ZIP code 29576, in 16,828 households, at 1,138.5 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 29576?

$70,691 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29576?

The closest are 29585 (2.2 mi), 29575 (6.2 mi), 29587 (6.3 mi), 29588 (7.2 mi) and 29578 (12.1 mi).

Is 29576 a PO Box ZIP code?

29576 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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