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29638

ZIP 29638 is Donalds, South Carolina, mostly in Abbeville County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Abbeville +1 more
Metro area
Greenwood, SC
Population
3,348
Coordinates
34.3639, -82.3382
☼ Live from 29638 — Donalds, SC

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Where 29638 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29638
  • 🔢 Type 29638 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,638 = 2 × 7 × 29 × 73. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29636 (Conestee, SC, 28 mi away) and 29639 (Due West, SC, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29638 becomes 83692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23968, 28369, 28396, 28693, 29368, 29386, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96382 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,294 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯970 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29638 and you would come out at 34.36°S, 97.66°E — 1,064 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
  • 📏 At 58.2 square miles of land, 29638 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,348This ZIP3,348
Households1,362This ZIP1,362
Housing units1,590This ZIP1,590
Median age45.4This ZIP45.4South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$65,000This ZIP$65,000South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$157,700This ZIP$157,700South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$900This ZIP$900South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.4%This ZIP26.4%
Mean commute29.4 minThis ZIP29.4 min
Population density57.5 / sq miThis ZIP57.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees193This ZIP193
Annual payroll$10,342,000This ZIP$10,342,000
Tax returns filed1,230This ZIP1,230
Total adjusted gross income$69,546,000This ZIP$69,546,000

Land area

Land area58.19 sq miThis ZIP58.19 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 29638 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Abbeville County 83.9%
Greenwood County 16.1%

Other place names in 29638

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ZIP codes near 29638

ZIPCityDistance
29654 Honea Path, SC 6.6 mi
29639 Due West, SC 6.6 mi
29653 Hodges, SC 7.2 mi
29695 Hodges, SC 7.5 mi
29692 Ware Shoals, SC 7.5 mi
29627 Belton, SC 13.4 mi
29620 Abbeville, SC 13.5 mi
29649 Greenwood, SC 14.0 mi
29384 Waterloo, SC 14.2 mi
29648 Greenwood, SC 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29638?

29638 is in Donalds, South Carolina, in Abbeville County, part of the Greenwood, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3639, -82.3382.

What county is 29638 in?

29638 spans 2 counties: Abbeville County and Greenwood County. Most of it falls in Abbeville 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 29638?

Donalds uses area code 864, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29638 in?

29638 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29638?

About 3,348 people live in ZIP code 29638, in 1,362 households, at 57.5 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 29638?

$65,000 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29638?

The closest are 29654 (6.6 mi), 29639 (6.6 mi), 29653 (7.2 mi), 29695 (7.5 mi) and 29692 (7.5 mi).

Is 29638 a PO Box ZIP code?

29638 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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