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29642

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Anderson +1 more
Population
36,852
Coordinates
34.7767, -82.5636
☼ Live from 29642 — Easley, SC

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Where 29642 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29642
  • 🔢 Type 29642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,642 = 2 × 14821. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29641 (Easley, SC, 6 mi away) and 29643 (Fair Play, SC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29642 becomes 24692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22469, 22649, 22946, 22964, 24269, 24962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96224 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,067 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯945 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29642 and you would come out at 34.78°S, 97.44°E — 1,079 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 50.8 square miles of land, 29642 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population36,852This ZIP36,852
Households14,852This ZIP14,852
Housing units15,822This ZIP15,822
Median age40.8This ZIP40.8South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$78,221This ZIP$78,221South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$282,200This ZIP$282,200South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,033This ZIP$1,033South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.3%This ZIP32.3%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density725.9 / sq miThis ZIP725.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments510This ZIP510
Employees4,437This ZIP4,437
Annual payroll$218,888,000This ZIP$218,888,000
Tax returns filed17,340This ZIP17,340
Total adjusted gross income$1,377,254,000This ZIP$1,377,254,000

Land area

Land area50.77 sq miThis ZIP50.77 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Counties 29642 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Anderson County 55.4%
Pickens County 44.6%

Other place names in 29642

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ZIP codes near 29642

ZIPCityDistance
29641 Easley, SC 5.7 mi
29640 Easley, SC 7.0 mi
29657 Liberty, SC 7.0 mi
29611 Greenville, SC 7.0 mi
29673 Piedmont, SC 7.3 mi
29604 Greenville, SC 8.0 mi
29606 Greenville, SC 8.0 mi
29608 Greenville, SC 8.0 mi
29610 Greenville, SC 8.0 mi
29612 Greenville, SC 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29642?

29642 is in Easley, South Carolina, in Anderson County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7767, -82.5636.

What county is 29642 in?

29642 spans 2 counties: Anderson County and Pickens County. Most of it falls in Anderson 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 29642?

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

What time zone is 29642 in?

29642 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29642?

About 36,852 people live in ZIP code 29642, in 14,852 households, at 725.9 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 29642?

$78,221 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29642?

The closest are 29641 (5.7 mi), 29640 (7 mi), 29657 (7 mi), 29611 (7 mi) and 29673 (7.3 mi).

Is 29642 a PO Box ZIP code?

29642 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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