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29666

ZIP 29666 is Ninety Six, South Carolina, mostly in Greenwood County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greenwood +1 more
Metro area
Greenwood, SC
Population
6,894
Coordinates
34.1133, -81.9796
☼ Live from 29666 — Ninety Six, SC

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Where 29666 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29666
  • 🔢 Type 29666 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gggGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,666 = 2 × 7 × 13 × 163. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29665 (Newry, SC, 68 mi away) and 29667 (Norris, SC, 63 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29666 becomes 66692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (62966, 66629, 66962, 96266). The farthest-flung twin is 96266 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,170 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯996 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29666 and you would come out at 34.11°S, 98.02°E — 1,043 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 122.3 square miles of land, 29666 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 93 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,894This ZIP6,894
Households2,848This ZIP2,848
Housing units3,504This ZIP3,504
Median age45.4This ZIP45.4South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$73,571This ZIP$73,571South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$172,000This ZIP$172,000South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$842This ZIP$842South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.3%This ZIP28.3%
Mean commute25.3 minThis ZIP25.3 min
Population density56.4 / sq miThis ZIP56.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments72This ZIP72
Employees405This ZIP405
Annual payroll$15,977,000This ZIP$15,977,000
Tax returns filed3,070This ZIP3,070
Total adjusted gross income$220,994,000This ZIP$220,994,000

Land area

Land area122.34 sq miThis ZIP122.34 sq mi
Water area3.56 sq miThis ZIP3.56 sq mi

Counties 29666 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Greenwood County 94.5%
Saluda County 5.5%

Other place names in 29666

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

ZIP codes near 29666

ZIPCityDistance
29037 Chappells, SC 8.3 mi
29646 Greenwood, SC 9.8 mi
29848 Troy, SC 10.8 mi
29647 Greenwood, SC 11.4 mi
29332 Cross Hill, SC 11.4 mi
29145 Silverstreet, SC 12.2 mi
29138 Saluda, SC 12.6 mi
29648 Greenwood, SC 12.8 mi
29649 Greenwood, SC 12.8 mi
29819 Bradley, SC 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29666?

29666 is in Ninety Six, South Carolina, in Greenwood County, part of the Greenwood, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1133, -81.9796.

What county is 29666 in?

29666 spans 2 counties: Greenwood County and Saluda 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 29666?

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

What time zone is 29666 in?

29666 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29666?

About 6,894 people live in ZIP code 29666, in 2,848 households, at 56.4 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 29666?

$73,571 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29666?

The closest are 29037 (8.3 mi), 29646 (9.8 mi), 29848 (10.8 mi), 29647 (11.4 mi) and 29332 (11.4 mi).

Is 29666 a PO Box ZIP code?

29666 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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