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29685

ZIP 29685 is Sunset, South Carolina, in Pickens County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pickens
Population
1,964
Coordinates
34.9834, -82.8449
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Where 29685 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29685
  • 🔢 Type 29685 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,685 = 3 × 5 × 1979. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29684 (Starr, SC, 42 mi away) and 29686 (Tamassee, SC, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29685 becomes 58692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25986, 28659, 29568, 29658, 29856, 56289, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96258 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,059 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯925 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29685 and you would come out at 34.98°S, 97.16°E — 1,097 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 88.5 square miles of land, 29685 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 67 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,964This ZIP1,964
Households856This ZIP856
Housing units1,490This ZIP1,490
Median age57.8This ZIP57.8South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$116,742This ZIP$116,742South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$828,500This ZIP$828,500South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher49.7%This ZIP49.7%
Mean commute29.0 minThis ZIP29.0 min
Population density22.2 / sq miThis ZIP22.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees277This ZIP277
Annual payroll$17,455,000This ZIP$17,455,000
Tax returns filed970This ZIP970
Total adjusted gross income$340,143,000This ZIP$340,143,000

Land area

Land area88.48 sq miThis ZIP88.48 sq mi
Water area7.18 sq miThis ZIP7.18 sq mi

ZIP codes near 29685

ZIPCityDistance
29671 Pickens, SC 7.5 mi
29676 Salem, SC 8.2 mi
29682 Six Mile, SC 10.2 mi
28772 Rosman, NC 10.8 mi
28774 Sapphire, NC 11.4 mi
29686 Tamassee, SC 11.9 mi
28747 Lake Toxaway, NC 11.9 mi
29635 Cleveland, SC 13.5 mi
28712 Brevard, NC 13.8 mi
28717 Cashiers, NC 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29685?

29685 is in Sunset, South Carolina, in Pickens County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9834, -82.8449.

What county is 29685 in?

29685 lies in Pickens County.

What area code is 29685?

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

What time zone is 29685 in?

29685 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29685?

About 1,964 people live in ZIP code 29685, in 856 households, at 22.2 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 29685?

$116,742 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29685?

The closest are 29671 (7.5 mi), 29676 (8.2 mi), 29682 (10.2 mi), 28772 (10.8 mi) and 28774 (11.4 mi).

Is 29685 a PO Box ZIP code?

29685 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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