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29653

ZIP 29653 is in Hodges, South Carolina, mostly in Greenwood County; area code 864; Eastern time. Hodges has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 29695.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greenwood +1 more
Metro area
Greenwood, SC
Population
4,293
Coordinates
34.3060, -82.2325
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Where 29653 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29653
  • 🔢 Type 29653 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,653 = 13 × 2281. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29652 (Greer, SC, 44 mi away) and 29654 (Honea Path, SC, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29653 becomes 35692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25396, 25639, 25936, 29356, 29365, 29536, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96325 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,904 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯977 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29653 and you would come out at 34.31°S, 97.77°E — 1,058 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 70.9 square miles of land, 29653 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 54 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,293This ZIP4,293
Households1,782This ZIP1,782
Housing units1,989This ZIP1,989
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$64,722This ZIP$64,722South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$136,000This ZIP$136,000South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,038This ZIP$1,038South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.0%This ZIP18.0%
Mean commute19.0 minThis ZIP19.0 min
Population density60.5 / sq miThis ZIP60.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees1,125This ZIP1,125
Annual payroll$65,487,000This ZIP$65,487,000
Tax returns filed2,060This ZIP2,060
Total adjusted gross income$118,445,000This ZIP$118,445,000

Land area

Land area70.90 sq miThis ZIP70.90 sq mi
Water area1.53 sq miThis ZIP1.53 sq mi

Counties 29653 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Greenwood County 92.6%
Abbeville County 7.4%

Other place names in 29653

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ZIP codes near 29653

ZIPCityDistance
29695 Hodges, SC 1.4 mi
29649 Greenwood, SC 6.8 mi
29638 Donalds, SC 7.2 mi
29692 Ware Shoals, SC 7.3 mi
29648 Greenwood, SC 7.4 mi
29384 Waterloo, SC 8.5 mi
29647 Greenwood, SC 9.6 mi
29639 Due West, SC 11.2 mi
29646 Greenwood, SC 12.7 mi
29654 Honea Path, SC 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29653?

29653 is in Hodges, South Carolina, in Greenwood County, part of the Greenwood, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3060, -82.2325.

What county is 29653 in?

29653 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 29653?

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

What time zone is 29653 in?

29653 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29653?

About 4,293 people live in ZIP code 29653, in 1,782 households, at 60.5 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 29653?

$64,722 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29653?

The closest are 29695 (1.4 mi), 29649 (6.8 mi), 29638 (7.2 mi), 29692 (7.3 mi) and 29648 (7.4 mi).

Is 29653 a PO Box ZIP code?

29653 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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