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29640

ZIP 29640 is in Easley, South Carolina, in Pickens County; area code 864; Eastern time. Easley has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 29641 and 29642.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pickens
Population
33,142
Coordinates
34.8777, -82.5754
☼ Live from 29640 — Easley, SC

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Where 29640 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29640
  • 🔢 Type 29640 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,640 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 13 × 19. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29639 (Due West, SC, 41 mi away) and 29641 (Easley, SC, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29640 becomes 04692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02649, 04629, 04926, 04962, 06249, 06492, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96204 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,087 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯942 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29640 and you would come out at 34.88°S, 97.42°E — 1,081 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 85.7 square miles of land, 29640 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 65 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population33,142This ZIP33,142
Households13,071This ZIP13,071
Housing units14,366This ZIP14,366
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$62,207This ZIP$62,207South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$217,900This ZIP$217,900South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,005This ZIP$1,005South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density386.9 / sq miThis ZIP386.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments801This ZIP801
Employees10,206This ZIP10,206
Annual payroll$411,386,000This ZIP$411,386,000
Tax returns filed14,660This ZIP14,660
Total adjusted gross income$815,432,000This ZIP$815,432,000

Land area

Land area85.67 sq miThis ZIP85.67 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Other place names in 29640

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ZIP codes near 29640

ZIPCityDistance
29641 Easley, SC 6.3 mi
29617 Greenville, SC 6.7 mi
29642 Easley, SC 7.0 mi
29604 Greenville, SC 7.2 mi
29606 Greenville, SC 7.2 mi
29608 Greenville, SC 7.2 mi
29610 Greenville, SC 7.2 mi
29612 Greenville, SC 7.2 mi
29611 Greenville, SC 7.4 mi
29613 Greenville, SC 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29640?

29640 is in Easley, South Carolina, in Pickens County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8777, -82.5754.

What county is 29640 in?

29640 lies in Pickens County.

What area code is 29640?

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

What time zone is 29640 in?

29640 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29640?

About 33,142 people live in ZIP code 29640, in 13,071 households, at 386.9 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 29640?

$62,207 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29640?

The closest are 29641 (6.3 mi), 29617 (6.7 mi), 29642 (7 mi), 29604 (7.2 mi) and 29606 (7.2 mi).

Is 29640 a PO Box ZIP code?

29640 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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