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29821

ZIP 29821 is Clarks Hill, South Carolina, mostly in Edgefield County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Edgefield +1 more
Population
1,141
Coordinates
33.6366, -82.1152
☼ Live from 29821 — Clarks Hill, SC

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Where 29821 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29821
  • 🔢 Type 29821 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZBGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,821 = 11 × 2711. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29819 (Bradley, SC, 29 mi away) and 29822 (Clearwater, SC, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29821 becomes 12892, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12928, 18229, 18922, 21289, 21298, 21829, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98221 in Anacortes, WA, 2,310 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,005 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29821 and you would come out at 33.64°S, 97.88°E — 1,049 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 55.2 square miles of land, 29821 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,141This ZIP1,141
Households336This ZIP336
Housing units530This ZIP530
Median age39.5This ZIP39.5South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$81,000This ZIP$81,000South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$277,800This ZIP$277,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density20.7 / sq miThis ZIP20.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees66This ZIP66
Annual payroll$2,491,000This ZIP$2,491,000
Tax returns filed680This ZIP680
Total adjusted gross income$58,959,000This ZIP$58,959,000

Land area

Land area55.17 sq miThis ZIP55.17 sq mi
Water area5.05 sq miThis ZIP5.05 sq mi

Counties 29821 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Edgefield County 52.6%
McCormick County 47.4%

Other place names in 29821

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 29821

ZIPCityDistance
30809 Evans, GA 6.3 mi
29860 North Augusta, SC 7.7 mi
29838 Modoc, SC 7.9 mi
30907 Augusta, GA 8.0 mi
30917 Augusta, GA 10.2 mi
30802 Appling, GA 10.9 mi
30909 Augusta, GA 11.6 mi
29844 Parksville, SC 11.7 mi
30904 Augusta, GA 12.4 mi
29841 North Augusta, SC 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29821?

29821 is in Clarks Hill, South Carolina, in Edgefield County, part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6366, -82.1152.

What county is 29821 in?

29821 spans 2 counties: Edgefield County and McCormick County. Most of it falls in Edgefield 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 29821?

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

What time zone is 29821 in?

29821 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29821?

About 1,141 people live in ZIP code 29821, in 336 households, at 20.7 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 29821?

$81,000 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29821?

The closest are 30809 (6.3 mi), 29860 (7.7 mi), 29838 (7.9 mi), 30907 (8 mi) and 30917 (10.2 mi).

Is 29821 a PO Box ZIP code?

29821 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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