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29860

ZIP 29860 is in North Augusta, South Carolina, mostly in Edgefield County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time. North Augusta has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 29841 and 29861.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Edgefield +1 more
Population
18,201
Coordinates
33.6147, -81.9844
☼ Live from 29860 — North Augusta, SC

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Where 29860 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29860
  • 🔢 Type 29860 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgBGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,860 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 1493. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010010100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29856 (Windsor, SC, 29 mi away) and 29861 (North Augusta, SC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29860 becomes 06892, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02896, 06829, 08629, 09628, 09682, 09826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09682 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,241 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯1,012 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29860 and you would come out at 33.61°S, 98.02°E — 1,042 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 54.3 square miles of land, 29860 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,201This ZIP18,201
Households7,037This ZIP7,037
Housing units7,967This ZIP7,967
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$97,268This ZIP$97,268South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$275,600This ZIP$275,600South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,194This ZIP$1,194South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.9%This ZIP37.9%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density334.9 / sq miThis ZIP334.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments205This ZIP205
Employees2,225This ZIP2,225
Annual payroll$100,260,000This ZIP$100,260,000
Tax returns filed8,520This ZIP8,520
Total adjusted gross income$713,212,000This ZIP$713,212,000

Land area

Land area54.34 sq miThis ZIP54.34 sq mi
Water area1.00 sq miThis ZIP1.00 sq mi

Counties 29860 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Edgefield County 85.5%
Aiken County 14.5%

Other place names in 29860

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ZIP codes near 29860

ZIPCityDistance
29841 North Augusta, SC 6.6 mi
29821 Clarks Hill, SC 7.7 mi
29829 Graniteville, SC 7.8 mi
29861 North Augusta, SC 7.9 mi
30907 Augusta, GA 8.6 mi
30904 Augusta, GA 9.6 mi
30912 Augusta, GA 10.0 mi
29847 Trenton, SC 10.0 mi
29850 Vaucluse, SC 10.0 mi
29816 Bath, SC 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29860?

29860 is in North Augusta, South Carolina, in Edgefield County, part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6147, -81.9844.

What county is 29860 in?

29860 spans 2 counties: Edgefield County and Aiken 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 29860?

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

What time zone is 29860 in?

29860 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29860?

About 18,201 people live in ZIP code 29860, in 7,037 households, at 334.9 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 29860?

$97,268 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29860?

The closest are 29841 (6.6 mi), 29821 (7.7 mi), 29829 (7.8 mi), 29861 (7.9 mi) and 30907 (8.6 mi).

Is 29860 a PO Box ZIP code?

29860 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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