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29617

ZIP 29617 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
26,582
Coordinates
34.9144, -82.4661
☼ Live from 29617 — Greenville, SC

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Where 29617 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29617
  • 🔢 Type 29617 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,617 = 7 × 4231. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001110110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29616 (Greenville, SC, 6 mi away) and 29620 (Abbeville, SC, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29617 becomes 71692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12769, 12967, 12976, 16729, 16927, 19726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96271 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,121 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯946 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29617 and you would come out at 34.91°S, 97.53°E — 1,075 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 22.4 square miles of land, 29617 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,582This ZIP26,582
Households11,231This ZIP11,231
Housing units12,123This ZIP12,123
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$55,403This ZIP$55,403South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$234,500This ZIP$234,500South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,079This ZIP$1,079South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.1%This ZIP29.1%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density1,186.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,186.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments313This ZIP313
Employees2,565This ZIP2,565
Annual payroll$99,627,000This ZIP$99,627,000
Tax returns filed12,740This ZIP12,740
Total adjusted gross income$763,371,000This ZIP$763,371,000

Land area

Land area22.40 sq miThis ZIP22.40 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

Other place names in 29617

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ZIP codes near 29617

ZIPCityDistance
29613 Greenville, SC 1.6 mi
29609 Greenville, SC 4.4 mi
29604 Greenville, SC 4.5 mi
29606 Greenville, SC 4.5 mi
29608 Greenville, SC 4.5 mi
29610 Greenville, SC 4.5 mi
29612 Greenville, SC 4.5 mi
29611 Greenville, SC 5.8 mi
29601 Greenville, SC 5.9 mi
29616 Greenville, SC 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29617?

29617 is in Greenville, South Carolina, in Greenville County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9144, -82.4661.

What county is 29617 in?

29617 lies in Greenville County.

What area code is 29617?

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

What time zone is 29617 in?

29617 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29617?

About 26,582 people live in ZIP code 29617, in 11,231 households, at 1,186.6 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 29617?

$55,403 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29617?

The closest are 29613 (1.6 mi), 29609 (4.4 mi), 29604 (4.5 mi), 29606 (4.5 mi) and 29608 (4.5 mi).

Is 29617 a PO Box ZIP code?

29617 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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