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29706

ZIP 29706 is Chester, South Carolina, mostly in Chester County; area codes 839 and 803; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chester +1 more
Population
18,742
Coordinates
34.7156, -81.2345
☼ Live from 29706 — Chester, SC

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Where 29706 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29706
  • 🔢 Type 29706 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOLGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,706 = 2 × 3 × 4951. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010000001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29704 (Catawba, SC, 20 mi away) and 29707 (Fort Mill, SC, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29706 becomes 60792, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02769, 06279, 06792, 06927, 07926, 07962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96207 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,127 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,015 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29706 and you would come out at 34.72°S, 98.77°E — 1,004 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 268.4 square miles of land, 29706 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 204 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,742This ZIP18,742
Households7,881This ZIP7,881
Housing units8,874This ZIP8,874
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$51,230This ZIP$51,230South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$158,800This ZIP$158,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$785This ZIP$785South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute30.4 minThis ZIP30.4 min
Population density69.8 / sq miThis ZIP69.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments349This ZIP349
Employees4,812This ZIP4,812
Annual payroll$232,473,000This ZIP$232,473,000
Tax returns filed8,450This ZIP8,450
Total adjusted gross income$430,791,000This ZIP$430,791,000

Land area

Land area268.41 sq miThis ZIP268.41 sq mi
Water area1.69 sq miThis ZIP1.69 sq mi

Counties 29706 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Chester County 99.7%
York County 0.3%

Other place names in 29706

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ZIP codes near 29706

ZIPCityDistance
29726 Mc Connells, SC 10.0 mi
29729 Richburg, SC 13.1 mi
29724 Lando, SC 13.3 mi
29031 Carlisle, SC 13.4 mi
29364 Lockhart, SC 13.9 mi
29742 Sharon, SC 13.9 mi
29014 Blackstock, SC 14.9 mi
29712 Edgemoor, SC 15.8 mi
29730 Rock Hill, SC 16.8 mi
29714 Fort Lawn, SC 18.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29706?

29706 is in Chester, South Carolina, in Chester County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7156, -81.2345.

What county is 29706 in?

29706 spans 2 counties: Chester County and York County. Most of it falls in Chester 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 29706?

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

What time zone is 29706 in?

29706 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29706?

About 18,742 people live in ZIP code 29706, in 7,881 households, at 69.8 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 29706?

$51,230 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29706?

The closest are 29726 (10 mi), 29729 (13.1 mi), 29724 (13.3 mi), 29031 (13.4 mi) and 29364 (13.9 mi).

Is 29706 a PO Box ZIP code?

29706 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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