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29704

ZIP 29704 is Catawba, South Carolina, mostly in York County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
York +1 more
Population
3,060
Coordinates
34.8322, -80.9098
☼ Live from 29704 — Catawba, SC

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Where 29704 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29704
  • 🔢 Type 29704 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOLGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,704 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 47 × 79. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010000001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29703 (Bowling Green, SC, 28 mi away) and 29706 (Chester, SC, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29704 becomes 40792, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02479, 04927, 04972, 07924, 09472, 09724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,210 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,028 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29704 and you would come out at 34.83°S, 99.09°E — 986 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 26.3 square miles of land, 29704 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,060This ZIP3,060
Households1,251This ZIP1,251
Housing units1,348This ZIP1,348
Median age50.0This ZIP50.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$74,303This ZIP$74,303South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$243,800This ZIP$243,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density116.4 / sq miThis ZIP116.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments48This ZIP48
Employees882This ZIP882
Annual payroll$65,724,000This ZIP$65,724,000
Tax returns filed1,720This ZIP1,720
Total adjusted gross income$105,276,000This ZIP$105,276,000

Land area

Land area26.28 sq miThis ZIP26.28 sq mi
Water area0.66 sq miThis ZIP0.66 sq mi

Counties 29704 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
York County 56.6%
Chester County 43.4%

Other place names in 29704

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ZIP codes near 29704

ZIPCityDistance
29744 Van Wyck, SC 4.1 mi
29712 Edgemoor, SC 4.4 mi
29724 Lando, SC 7.0 mi
29730 Rock Hill, SC 7.3 mi
29714 Fort Lawn, SC 8.3 mi
29733 Rock Hill, SC 10.1 mi
29707 Fort Mill, SC 11.1 mi
29720 Lancaster, SC 11.2 mi
29729 Richburg, SC 11.3 mi
29721 Lancaster, SC 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29704?

29704 is in Catawba, South Carolina, in York County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8322, -80.9098.

What county is 29704 in?

29704 spans 2 counties: York County and Chester County. Most of it falls in York 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 29704?

Catawba uses area codes 803 and 839, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29704 in?

29704 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29704?

About 3,060 people live in ZIP code 29704, in 1,251 households, at 116.4 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 29704?

$74,303 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29704?

The closest are 29744 (4.1 mi), 29712 (4.4 mi), 29724 (7 mi), 29730 (7.3 mi) and 29714 (8.3 mi).

Is 29704 a PO Box ZIP code?

29704 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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