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29702

ZIP 29702 is Blacksburg, South Carolina, mostly in Cherokee County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cherokee +1 more
Metro area
Gaffney, SC
Population
9,770
Coordinates
35.1161, -81.4731
☼ Live from 29702 — Blacksburg, SC

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Where 29702 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29702
  • 🔢 Type 29702 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOLGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,702 = 2 × 14851. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010000000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29697 (Williamston, SC, 70 mi away) and 29703 (Bowling Green, SC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29702 becomes 20792 — and that is a real ZIP code: Upper Marlboro, MD, 365 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02297, 07922, 09227, 09722, 20792, 22079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09227 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,397 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯991 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29702 and you would come out at 35.12°S, 98.53°E — 1,021 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 93.4 square miles of land, 29702 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 71 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,770This ZIP9,770
Households3,697This ZIP3,697
Housing units4,280This ZIP4,280
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$49,705This ZIP$49,705South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$126,600This ZIP$126,600South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$721This ZIP$721South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.0%This ZIP15.0%
Mean commute27.3 minThis ZIP27.3 min
Population density104.6 / sq miThis ZIP104.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments130This ZIP130
Employees1,967This ZIP1,967
Annual payroll$89,360,000This ZIP$89,360,000
Tax returns filed4,110This ZIP4,110
Total adjusted gross income$207,021,000This ZIP$207,021,000

Land area

Land area93.39 sq miThis ZIP93.39 sq mi
Water area1.06 sq miThis ZIP1.06 sq mi

Counties 29702 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cherokee County 85.5%
York County 14.5%

Other place names in 29702

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ZIP codes near 29702

ZIPCityDistance
28073 Grover, NC 5.7 mi
28038 Earl, NC 6.7 mi
29743 Smyrna, SC 6.8 mi
28086 Kings Mountain, NC 10.4 mi
28152 Shelby, NC 10.9 mi
29717 Hickory Grove, SC 11.5 mi
29340 Gaffney, SC 11.8 mi
28151 Shelby, NC 12.7 mi
29342 Gaffney, SC 13.1 mi
29341 Gaffney, SC 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29702?

29702 is in Blacksburg, South Carolina, in Cherokee County, part of the Gaffney, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1161, -81.4731.

What county is 29702 in?

29702 spans 2 counties: Cherokee County and York County. Most of it falls in Cherokee 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 29702?

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

What time zone is 29702 in?

29702 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29702?

About 9,770 people live in ZIP code 29702, in 3,697 households, at 104.6 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 29702?

$49,705 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29702?

The closest are 28073 (5.7 mi), 28038 (6.7 mi), 29743 (6.8 mi), 28086 (10.4 mi) and 28152 (10.9 mi).

Is 29702 a PO Box ZIP code?

29702 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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