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29649

ZIP 29649 is in Greenwood, South Carolina, mostly in Greenwood County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time. Greenwood has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 29646, 29647 and 29648.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greenwood +1 more
Metro area
Greenwood, SC
Population
26,275
Coordinates
34.2389, -82.1450
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Where 29649 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29649
  • 🔢 Type 29649 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,649 = 3 × 9883. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29648 (Greenwood, SC, 2 mi away) and 29650 (Greer, SC, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29649 becomes 94692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (29469, 46929, 46992, 49269, 49629, 49962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96942 in Chuuk, FM, 7,918 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯983 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29649 and you would come out at 34.24°S, 97.85°E — 1,053 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 53.6 square miles of land, 29649 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,275This ZIP26,275
Households10,830This ZIP10,830
Housing units12,398This ZIP12,398
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$54,585This ZIP$54,585South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$235,100This ZIP$235,100South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$958This ZIP$958South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.7%This ZIP33.7%
Mean commute18.8 minThis ZIP18.8 min
Population density490.2 / sq miThis ZIP490.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments682This ZIP682
Employees9,371This ZIP9,371
Annual payroll$297,824,000This ZIP$297,824,000
Tax returns filed12,110This ZIP12,110
Total adjusted gross income$815,090,000This ZIP$815,090,000

Land area

Land area53.61 sq miThis ZIP53.61 sq mi
Water area2.45 sq miThis ZIP2.45 sq mi

Counties 29649 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Greenwood County 97.3%
Abbeville County 2.7%

Other place names in 29649

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 29649

ZIPCityDistance
29648 Greenwood, SC 2.3 mi
29647 Greenwood, SC 4.3 mi
29695 Hodges, SC 6.6 mi
29653 Hodges, SC 6.8 mi
29646 Greenwood, SC 7.1 mi
29384 Waterloo, SC 7.7 mi
29332 Cross Hill, SC 10.3 mi
29692 Ware Shoals, SC 12.7 mi
29666 Ninety Six, SC 12.8 mi
29370 Mountville, SC 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29649?

29649 is in Greenwood, South Carolina, in Greenwood County, part of the Greenwood, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2389, -82.1450.

What county is 29649 in?

29649 spans 2 counties: Greenwood County and Abbeville County. Most of it falls in Greenwood 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 29649?

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

What time zone is 29649 in?

29649 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29649?

About 26,275 people live in ZIP code 29649, in 10,830 households, at 490.2 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 29649?

$54,585 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29649?

The closest are 29648 (2.3 mi), 29647 (4.3 mi), 29695 (6.6 mi), 29653 (6.8 mi) and 29646 (7.1 mi).

Is 29649 a PO Box ZIP code?

29649 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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