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29690

ZIP 29690 is Travelers Rest, South Carolina, in Greenville County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greenville
Population
26,358
Coordinates
35.0598, -82.4172
☼ Live from 29690 — Travelers Rest, SC

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Where 29690 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29690
  • 🔢 Type 29690 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,690 = 2 × 5 × 2969. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29689 (Townville, SC, 45 mi away) and 29691 (Walhalla, SC, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29690 becomes 09692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09629, 29069, 29609, 29906, 60929, 62909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09629 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,716 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯944 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29690 and you would come out at 35.06°S, 97.58°E — 1,073 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 105.2 square miles of land, 29690 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 80 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,358This ZIP26,358
Households9,630This ZIP9,630
Housing units10,574This ZIP10,574
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$69,956This ZIP$69,956South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$287,000This ZIP$287,000South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,046This ZIP$1,046South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.3%This ZIP31.3%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density250.6 / sq miThis ZIP250.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments525This ZIP525
Employees5,718This ZIP5,718
Annual payroll$250,231,000This ZIP$250,231,000
Tax returns filed10,600This ZIP10,600
Total adjusted gross income$905,333,000This ZIP$905,333,000

Land area

Land area105.19 sq miThis ZIP105.19 sq mi
Water area1.63 sq miThis ZIP1.63 sq mi

Other place names in 29690

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ZIP codes near 29690

ZIPCityDistance
29688 Tigerville, SC 3.7 mi
29683 Slater, SC 4.8 mi
29687 Taylors, SC 7.2 mi
29661 Marietta, SC 7.8 mi
29651 Greer, SC 8.2 mi
29613 Greenville, SC 9.5 mi
29609 Greenville, SC 10.3 mi
29617 Greenville, SC 10.4 mi
28790 Zirconia, NC 10.5 mi
29356 Landrum, SC 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29690?

29690 is in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, in Greenville County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0598, -82.4172.

What county is 29690 in?

29690 lies in Greenville County.

What area code is 29690?

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

What time zone is 29690 in?

29690 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29690?

About 26,358 people live in ZIP code 29690, in 9,630 households, at 250.6 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 29690?

$69,956 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29690?

The closest are 29688 (3.7 mi), 29683 (4.8 mi), 29687 (7.2 mi), 29661 (7.8 mi) and 29651 (8.2 mi).

Is 29690 a PO Box ZIP code?

29690 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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