ZIP code · Horse Shoe · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28742 — Horse Shoe
ZIP code 28742 serves Horse Shoe, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28742Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Horse Shoe
- County
- Henderson FIPS 37089
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.3432, -82.5565 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 3,026 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 65 / sq mi
- Land area
- 46.4 sq mi (120.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $97,292
- Per-capita income
- $44,096
- Median age
- 48.6
- Households
- 1,254
- Housing units
- 1,323
- Median home value
- $330,200
- Median gross rent
- $843 / month
- Congressional district
- NC-11 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
- Area code
- 828 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 28742
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 83°F), coldest Jan (avg low 27°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 48 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Avg low °F | 27 | 29 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 59 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: ASHEVILLE 13 S (5.2 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28742
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 1 bars & pubs
- 2 places of worship
- 1 gas stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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