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29940

ZIP 29940 is Seabrook, South Carolina, in Beaufort County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Beaufort
Population
3,256
Coordinates
32.5527, -80.6777
☼ Live from 29940 — Seabrook, SC

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Where 29940 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29940
  • 🔢 Type 29940 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhGGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,940 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 499. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010011110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29939 (Scotia, SC, 34 mi away) and 29941 (Sheldon, SC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29940 becomes 04992 — and that is a real ZIP code: West Farmington, ME, 1,009 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04929, 04992, 09249, 29409, 29904, 40299, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09249 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,475 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,115 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29940 and you would come out at 32.55°S, 99.32°E — 966 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 74.0 square miles of land, 29940 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 56 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,256This ZIP3,256
Households1,502This ZIP1,502
Housing units1,817This ZIP1,817
Median age56.8This ZIP56.8South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$54,177This ZIP$54,177South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$172,100This ZIP$172,100South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher20.1%This ZIP20.1%
Mean commute29.6 minThis ZIP29.6 min
Population density44.0 / sq miThis ZIP44.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees177This ZIP177
Annual payroll$11,144,000This ZIP$11,144,000
Tax returns filed1,640This ZIP1,640
Total adjusted gross income$103,467,000This ZIP$103,467,000

Land area

Land area73.99 sq miThis ZIP73.99 sq mi
Water area16.92 sq miThis ZIP16.92 sq mi

Other place names in 29940

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

ZIP codes near 29940

ZIPCityDistance
29914 Dale, SC 0.0 mi
29931 Lobeco, SC 3.8 mi
29904 Beaufort, SC 5.7 mi
29907 Beaufort, SC 7.1 mi
29903 Beaufort, SC 8.2 mi
29941 Sheldon, SC 8.4 mi
29906 Beaufort, SC 8.6 mi
29446 Green Pond, SC 10.0 mi
29901 Beaufort, SC 11.0 mi
29945 Yemassee, SC 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29940?

29940 is in Seabrook, South Carolina, in Beaufort County, part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5527, -80.6777.

What county is 29940 in?

29940 lies in Beaufort County.

What area code is 29940?

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

What time zone is 29940 in?

29940 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 29940?

About 3,256 people live in ZIP code 29940, in 1,502 households, at 44.0 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 29940?

$54,177 a year, against $69,324 across South Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 29940?

The closest are 29914 (0 mi), 29931 (3.8 mi), 29904 (5.7 mi), 29907 (7.1 mi) and 29903 (8.2 mi).

Is 29940 a PO Box ZIP code?

29940 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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