No residents: businesses and institutions · North Carolina

ZIP Code 28749: Little Switzerland, NC

ZIP code 28749 uses the postal name Little Switzerland, North Carolina and lies mostly in McDowell County (73% of its land) with the rest in Mitchell County (Census 2020 ZIP-county file). The Census Bureau counts no residents in its delivery area: it serves businesses or institutions. Its land lies outside any incorporated or census-designated place. 12 business establishments had a location in this ZIP code in 2023, 1 more than in 2018; the most are in accommodation and food services (ZIP Code Business Patterns).

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2national area: North Carolina, District of Columbia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia

287sectional center: Greenville, SC (SCF 296)

49delivery area within it

Town: Little Switzerland · its only residential ZIP
County: McDowell County (73%); Mitchell County (27%)
Micro area: Marion, NC
House district: NC-11 119th Congress
State: North Carolina
Time zone: Eastern
Land area: 1.2 sq mi · no residents

Where is ZIP code 28749?

28749 centers on 35.841°, -82.098° and covers 1.2 square miles of land. It borders 2 ZIP codes: 28777, 28752.

Shaded by median household income, in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024); 28749 outlined. Census 2020 ZCTA boundaries. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

The map draws ZIP code areas only. For the streets inside 28749, open its center on OpenStreetMap.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries and the 2023 Gazetteer (2020 ZCTAs); ZIP-to-county shares, Census places and House districts (119th Congress) from the Census 2020 relationship files (shares of land); metro area from the OMB delineation (July 2023); town name and time zone from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0).

What businesses are in 28749?

Accommodation and food services4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 and 2018 (establishments with paid employees, by the business's ZIP code).

Which ZIP codes are next to 28749?

The ZIP codes around 28749 where people live (100 or more residents), bordering first, then the nearest by center
ZIP	Town	People	Household income	Distance
28777	Spruce Pine	10,178	$63k	5.0 mi
28752	Marion	30,292	$56k	9.7 mi
28714	Burnsville	16,397	$59k	11.9 mi (near)
28705	Bakersville	6,732	$55k	13.7 mi (near)
28761	Nebo	8,150	$55k	14.9 mi (near)

Source: PlainZIP from the Census 2020 ZCTA boundaries (shared edges) and internal points; figures ACS 2020-2024.