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29588

ZIP 29588 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
52,609
Coordinates
33.6708, -79.0231
☼ Live from 29588 — Myrtle Beach, SC

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Where 29588 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29588
  • 🔢 Type 29588 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBSGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,588 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 569. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29587 (Myrtle Beach, SC, 5 mi away) and 29589 (Rains, SC, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29588 becomes 88592, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (28589, 59828, 85298, 85928, 88529, 89825, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98528 in Belfair, WA, 2,453 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,160 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29588 and you would come out at 33.67°S, 100.98°E — 872 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 42.0 square miles of land, 29588 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population52,609This ZIP52,609
Households20,524This ZIP20,524
Housing units22,626This ZIP22,626
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$70,739This ZIP$70,739South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$267,700This ZIP$267,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,282This ZIP$1,282South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.2%This ZIP26.2%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density1,253.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,253.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments982This ZIP982
Employees7,683This ZIP7,683
Annual payroll$306,340,000This ZIP$306,340,000
Tax returns filed25,930This ZIP25,930
Total adjusted gross income$1,508,334,000This ZIP$1,508,334,000

Land area

Land area41.96 sq miThis ZIP41.96 sq mi
Water area0.96 sq miThis ZIP0.96 sq mi

Other place names in 29588

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ZIP codes near 29588

ZIPCityDistance
29575 Myrtle Beach, SC 4.0 mi
29587 Myrtle Beach, SC 4.9 mi
29578 Myrtle Beach, SC 4.9 mi
29577 Myrtle Beach, SC 7.0 mi
29576 Murrells Inlet, SC 7.2 mi
29585 Pawleys Island, SC 8.8 mi
29579 Myrtle Beach, SC 9.1 mi
29527 Conway, SC 10.4 mi
29526 Conway, SC 13.9 mi
29572 Myrtle Beach, SC 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29588?

29588 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 33.6708, -79.0231.

What county is 29588 in?

29588 lies in Horry County.

What area code is 29588?

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

What time zone is 29588 in?

29588 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29588?

About 52,609 people live in ZIP code 29588, in 20,524 households, at 1,253.7 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 29588?

$70,739 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29588?

The closest are 29575 (4 mi), 29587 (4.9 mi), 29578 (4.9 mi), 29577 (7 mi) and 29576 (7.2 mi).

Is 29588 a PO Box ZIP code?

29588 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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