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29845

ZIP 29845 is Plum Branch, South Carolina, mostly in McCormick County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
McCormick +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
837
Coordinates
33.8259, -82.2134
☼ Live from 29845 — Plum Branch, SC

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Where 29845 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29845
  • 🔢 Type 29845 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShBGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,845 = 5 × 47 × 127. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29844 (Parksville, SC, 3 mi away) and 29846 (Sycamore, SC, 79 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29845 becomes 54892, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24589, 24598, 24859, 24895, 24985, 25849, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98245 in Eastsound, WA, 2,314 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯994 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29845 and you would come out at 33.83°S, 97.79°E — 1,055 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 72.5 square miles of land, 29845 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population837This ZIP837
Households449This ZIP449
Housing units700This ZIP700
Median age60.0This ZIP60.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$50,673This ZIP$50,673South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$110,400This ZIP$110,400South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$850This ZIP$850South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.3%This ZIP21.3%
Mean commute30.7 minThis ZIP30.7 min
Population density11.5 / sq miThis ZIP11.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees35This ZIP35
Annual payroll$754,000This ZIP$754,000
Tax returns filed520This ZIP520
Total adjusted gross income$24,718,000This ZIP$24,718,000

Land area

Land area72.48 sq miThis ZIP72.48 sq mi
Water area10.13 sq miThis ZIP10.13 sq mi

Counties 29845 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
McCormick County 91.3%
Edgefield County 8.7%

Other place names in 29845

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

ZIP codes near 29845

ZIPCityDistance
29844 Parksville, SC 2.8 mi
29838 Modoc, SC 6.5 mi
29899 Mc Cormick, SC 7.4 mi
29835 Mc Cormick, SC 8.0 mi
29824 Edgefield, SC 12.6 mi
30817 Lincolnton, GA 12.9 mi
29848 Troy, SC 13.4 mi
29821 Clarks Hill, SC 14.2 mi
29819 Bradley, SC 15.1 mi
30802 Appling, GA 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29845?

29845 is in Plum Branch, South Carolina, in McCormick County. Its published point location is 33.8259, -82.2134.

What county is 29845 in?

29845 spans 2 counties: McCormick County and Edgefield County. Most of it falls in McCormick 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 29845?

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

What time zone is 29845 in?

29845 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29845?

About 837 people live in ZIP code 29845, in 449 households, at 11.5 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 29845?

$50,673 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29845?

The closest are 29844 (2.8 mi), 29838 (6.5 mi), 29899 (7.4 mi), 29835 (8 mi) and 29824 (12.6 mi).

Is 29845 a PO Box ZIP code?

29845 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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