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29579

ZIP 29579 is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in Horry County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Myrtle Beach has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Horry
Population
56,915
Coordinates
33.7664, -78.9135
☼ Live from 29579 — Myrtle Beach, SC

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Where 29579 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29579
  • 🔢 Type 29579 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,579 = 11 × 2689. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001110001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29578 (Myrtle Beach, SC, 5 mi away) and 29580 (Nesmith, SC, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29579 becomes 97592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25979, 27599, 27959, 29597, 59729, 59927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99752 in Kotzebue, AK, 3,885 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,163 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29579 and you would come out at 33.77°S, 101.09°E — 866 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 53.0 square miles of land, 29579 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population56,915This ZIP56,915
Households22,176This ZIP22,176
Housing units25,682This ZIP25,682
Median age42.2This ZIP42.2South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$79,644This ZIP$79,644South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$353,600This ZIP$353,600South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,617This ZIP$1,617South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.1%This ZIP37.1%
Mean commute22.4 minThis ZIP22.4 min
Population density1,074.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,074.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,153This ZIP1,153
Employees10,615This ZIP10,615
Annual payroll$465,468,000This ZIP$465,468,000
Tax returns filed29,230This ZIP29,230
Total adjusted gross income$2,390,371,000This ZIP$2,390,371,000

Land area

Land area52.97 sq miThis ZIP52.97 sq mi
Water area0.97 sq miThis ZIP0.97 sq mi

Other place names in 29579

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ZIP codes near 29579

ZIPCityDistance
29577 Myrtle Beach, SC 4.8 mi
29578 Myrtle Beach, SC 5.3 mi
29572 Myrtle Beach, SC 7.0 mi
29526 Conway, SC 7.9 mi
29588 Myrtle Beach, SC 9.1 mi
29575 Myrtle Beach, SC 10.1 mi
29587 Myrtle Beach, SC 10.4 mi
29528 Conway, SC 11.7 mi
29527 Conway, SC 13.1 mi
29568 Longs, SC 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29579?

29579 is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in Horry County, part of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7664, -78.9135.

What county is 29579 in?

29579 lies in Horry County.

What area code is 29579?

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

What time zone is 29579 in?

29579 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29579?

About 56,915 people live in ZIP code 29579, in 22,176 households, at 1,074.4 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 29579?

$79,644 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29579?

The closest are 29577 (4.8 mi), 29578 (5.3 mi), 29572 (7 mi), 29526 (7.9 mi) and 29588 (9.1 mi).

Is 29579 a PO Box ZIP code?

29579 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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