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29692

ZIP 29692 is Ware Shoals, South Carolina, mostly in Laurens County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Laurens +2 more
Population
5,536
Coordinates
34.4118, -82.2195
☼ Live from 29692 — Ware Shoals, SC

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Where 29692 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29692
  • 🔢 Type 29692 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆29692 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,692 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 571. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29691 (Walhalla, SC, 55 mi away) and 29693 (Westminster, SC, 56 mi away).
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22969, 29926, 62992, 92629, 92692, 96922, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96922 in Asan, GU, 7,916 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯974 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29692 and you would come out at 34.41°S, 97.78°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 51m.
  • 📏 At 48.6 square miles of land, 29692 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,536This ZIP5,536
Households2,101This ZIP2,101
Housing units2,560This ZIP2,560
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$47,068This ZIP$47,068South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$99,600This ZIP$99,600South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$737This ZIP$737South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%This ZIP17.7%
Mean commute31.0 minThis ZIP31.0 min
Population density114.0 / sq miThis ZIP114.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments54This ZIP54
Employees541This ZIP541
Annual payroll$20,883,000This ZIP$20,883,000
Tax returns filed1,990This ZIP1,990
Total adjusted gross income$101,045,000This ZIP$101,045,000

Land area

Land area48.55 sq miThis ZIP48.55 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Counties 29692 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Laurens County 80.0%
Greenwood County 12.6%
Abbeville County 7.4%

Other place names in 29692

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ZIP codes near 29692

ZIPCityDistance
29653 Hodges, SC 7.3 mi
29638 Donalds, SC 7.5 mi
29695 Hodges, SC 8.7 mi
29384 Waterloo, SC 8.9 mi
29654 Honea Path, SC 9.1 mi
29360 Laurens, SC 11.2 mi
29649 Greenwood, SC 12.7 mi
29645 Gray Court, SC 13.3 mi
29370 Mountville, SC 14.1 mi
29639 Due West, SC 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29692?

29692 is in Ware Shoals, South Carolina, in Laurens County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.4118, -82.2195.

What county is 29692 in?

29692 spans 3 counties: Laurens County, Greenwood County and Abbeville County. Most of it falls in Laurens 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 29692?

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

What time zone is 29692 in?

29692 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29692?

About 5,536 people live in ZIP code 29692, in 2,101 households, at 114.0 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 29692?

$47,068 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29692?

The closest are 29653 (7.3 mi), 29638 (7.5 mi), 29695 (8.7 mi), 29384 (8.9 mi) and 29654 (9.1 mi).

Is 29692 a PO Box ZIP code?

29692 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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