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29909

ZIP 29909 is Okatie, South Carolina, mostly in Beaufort County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Beaufort +1 more
Population
24,003
Coordinates
32.3370, -80.8481
☼ Live from 29909 — Okatie, SC

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Where 29909 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29909
  • 🔢 Type 29909 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOGGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,909 = 11 × 2719. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010011010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29907 (Beaufort, SC, 17 mi away) and 29910 (Bluffton, SC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29909 becomes 90992, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 2 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (99029, 99209). The farthest-flung twin is 99029 in Reardan, WA, 2,197 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,114 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29909 and you would come out at 32.34°S, 99.15°E — 977 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
  • 📏 At 55.7 square miles of land, 29909 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,003This ZIP24,003
Households11,994This ZIP11,994
Housing units13,056This ZIP13,056
Median age69.0This ZIP69.0South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$91,294This ZIP$91,294South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$453,300This ZIP$453,300South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,181This ZIP$2,181South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.1%This ZIP51.1%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density431.3 / sq miThis ZIP431.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments321This ZIP321
Employees2,355This ZIP2,355
Annual payroll$127,922,000This ZIP$127,922,000
Tax returns filed14,450This ZIP14,450
Total adjusted gross income$1,784,573,000This ZIP$1,784,573,000

Land area

Land area55.66 sq miThis ZIP55.66 sq mi
Water area27.51 sq miThis ZIP27.51 sq mi

Counties 29909 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Beaufort County 97.7%
Jasper County 2.3%

Other place names in 29909

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ZIP codes near 29909

ZIPCityDistance
29910 Bluffton, SC 8.7 mi
29905 Parris Island, SC 8.7 mi
29925 Hilton Head Island, SC 9.0 mi
29906 Beaufort, SC 9.3 mi
29935 Port Royal, SC 9.4 mi
29926 Hilton Head Island, SC 9.6 mi
29902 Beaufort, SC 9.8 mi
29903 Beaufort, SC 9.9 mi
29938 Hilton Head Island, SC 11.5 mi
29936 Ridgeland, SC 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29909?

29909 is in Okatie, South Carolina, in Beaufort County, part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.3370, -80.8481.

What county is 29909 in?

29909 spans 2 counties: Beaufort County and Jasper County. Most of it falls in Beaufort 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 29909?

Okatie uses area codes 843 and 854, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29909 in?

29909 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29909?

About 24,003 people live in ZIP code 29909, in 11,994 households, at 431.3 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 29909?

$91,294 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29909?

The closest are 29910 (8.7 mi), 29905 (8.7 mi), 29925 (9 mi), 29906 (9.3 mi) and 29935 (9.4 mi).

Is 29909 a PO Box ZIP code?

29909 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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