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29605

ZIP 29605 is in Greenville, South Carolina, in Greenville County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time. Greenville has 17 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greenville
Population
40,717
Coordinates
34.7780, -82.3802
☼ Live from 29605 — Greenville, SC

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Where 29605 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29605
  • 🔢 Type 29605 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,605 = 5 × 31 × 191. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29604 (Greenville, SC, 6 mi away) and 29606 (Greenville, SC, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29605 becomes 50692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02659, 06259, 09265, 09625, 20659, 20695, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96520 in APO AA, a military post office, 10,378 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯954 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29605 and you would come out at 34.78°S, 97.62°E — 1,069 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 24.8 square miles of land, 29605 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,717This ZIP40,717
Households15,948This ZIP15,948
Housing units17,155This ZIP17,155
Median age35.6This ZIP35.6South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$65,648This ZIP$65,648South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$256,300This ZIP$256,300South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,087This ZIP$1,087South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.1%This ZIP35.1%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density1,639.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,639.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,013This ZIP1,013
Employees24,918This ZIP24,918
Annual payroll$1,677,652,000This ZIP$1,677,652,000
Tax returns filed17,880This ZIP17,880
Total adjusted gross income$1,844,387,000This ZIP$1,844,387,000

Land area

Land area24.83 sq miThis ZIP24.83 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Other place names in 29605

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ZIP codes near 29605

ZIPCityDistance
29602 Greenville, SC 1.8 mi
29636 Conestee, SC 1.9 mi
29607 Greenville, SC 3.6 mi
29603 Greenville, SC 4.2 mi
29662 Mauldin, SC 4.4 mi
29601 Greenville, SC 4.9 mi
29616 Greenville, SC 5.2 mi
29611 Greenville, SC 5.8 mi
29673 Piedmont, SC 5.8 mi
29604 Greenville, SC 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29605?

29605 is in Greenville, South Carolina, in Greenville County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7780, -82.3802.

What county is 29605 in?

29605 lies in Greenville County.

What area code is 29605?

Greenville uses area codes 864 and 821, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29605 in?

29605 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29605?

About 40,717 people live in ZIP code 29605, in 15,948 households, at 1,639.8 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 29605?

$65,648 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29605?

The closest are 29602 (1.8 mi), 29636 (1.9 mi), 29607 (3.6 mi), 29603 (4.2 mi) and 29662 (4.4 mi).

Is 29605 a PO Box ZIP code?

29605 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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