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29643

ZIP 29643 is Fair Play, South Carolina, mostly in Oconee County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Oconee +1 more
Metro area
Seneca, SC
Population
2,751
Coordinates
34.5076, -82.9753
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Where 29643 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29643
  • 🔢 Type 29643 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,643 = 3 × 41 × 241. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29642 (Easley, SC, 30 mi away) and 29644 (Fountain Inn, SC, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29643 becomes 34692 — and that is a real ZIP code: Holiday, FL, 437 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23694, 23964, 24639, 24963, 26349, 29346, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96432 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,673 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯933 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29643 and you would come out at 34.51°S, 97.02°E — 1,101 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 28.0 square miles of land, 29643 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,751This ZIP2,751
Households1,208This ZIP1,208
Housing units1,735This ZIP1,735
Median age48.0This ZIP48.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$80,517This ZIP$80,517South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$235,900This ZIP$235,900South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher30.1%This ZIP30.1%
Mean commute28.9 minThis ZIP28.9 min
Population density98.4 / sq miThis ZIP98.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments59This ZIP59
Employees554This ZIP554
Annual payroll$31,776,000This ZIP$31,776,000
Tax returns filed1,490This ZIP1,490
Total adjusted gross income$129,169,000This ZIP$129,169,000

Land area

Land area27.96 sq miThis ZIP27.96 sq mi
Water area10.68 sq miThis ZIP10.68 sq mi

Counties 29643 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Oconee County 80.2%
Anderson County 19.8%

Other place names in 29643

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ZIP codes near 29643

ZIPCityDistance
29689 Townville, SC 6.0 mi
30553 Lavonia, GA 7.6 mi
29678 Seneca, SC 9.0 mi
30516 Bowersville, GA 9.3 mi
29623 Anderson, SC 9.3 mi
30643 Hartwell, GA 10.5 mi
30557 Martin, GA 12.1 mi
29679 Seneca, SC 12.4 mi
29625 Anderson, SC 12.4 mi
29626 Anderson, SC 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29643?

29643 is in Fair Play, South Carolina, in Oconee County, part of the Seneca, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.5076, -82.9753.

What county is 29643 in?

29643 spans 2 counties: Oconee County and Anderson County. Most of it falls in Oconee 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 29643?

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

What time zone is 29643 in?

29643 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29643?

About 2,751 people live in ZIP code 29643, in 1,208 households, at 98.4 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 29643?

$80,517 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29643?

The closest are 29689 (6 mi), 30553 (7.6 mi), 29678 (9 mi), 30516 (9.3 mi) and 29623 (9.3 mi).

Is 29643 a PO Box ZIP code?

29643 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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