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27006

ZIP 27006 is Advance, North Carolina, in Davie County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Davie
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
16,247
Coordinates
35.9390, -80.4403
☼ Live from 27006 — Advance, NC

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Where 27006 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27006
  • 🔢 Type 27006 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,006 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 643. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100101111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26886 (Onego, WV, 213 mi away) and 27007 (Ararat, NC, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27006 becomes 60072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ringwood, IL, 614 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00627, 00726, 02067, 02670, 02760, 06027, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00726 in Caguas, PR, 1,506 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,023 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27006 and you would come out at 35.94°S, 99.56°E — 973 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 62.8 square miles of land, 27006 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,247This ZIP16,247
Households6,732This ZIP6,732
Housing units7,361This ZIP7,361
Median age48.8This ZIP48.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$96,580This ZIP$96,580North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$334,600This ZIP$334,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,009This ZIP$1,009North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.1%This ZIP38.1%
Mean commute29.0 minThis ZIP29.0 min
Population density258.8 / sq miThis ZIP258.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments310This ZIP310
Employees3,558This ZIP3,558
Annual payroll$176,561,000This ZIP$176,561,000
Tax returns filed7,630This ZIP7,630
Total adjusted gross income$931,332,000This ZIP$931,332,000

Land area

Land area62.77 sq miThis ZIP62.77 sq mi
Water area1.03 sq miThis ZIP1.03 sq mi

Other place names in 27006

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

ZIP codes near 27006

ZIPCityDistance
27012 Clemmons, NC 6.2 mi
27102 Winston-Salem, NC 6.9 mi
27028 Mocksville, NC 7.4 mi
27295 Lexington, NC 8.5 mi
27293 Lexington, NC 10.0 mi
27361 Thomasville, NC 10.0 mi
27374 Welcome, NC 10.3 mi
27103 Winston-Salem, NC 10.6 mi
27127 Winston-Salem, NC 10.6 mi
27023 Lewisville, NC 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27006?

27006 is in Advance, North Carolina, in Davie County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9390, -80.4403.

What county is 27006 in?

27006 lies in Davie County.

What area code is 27006?

Advance uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27006 in?

27006 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27006?

About 16,247 people live in ZIP code 27006, in 6,732 households, at 258.8 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 27006?

$96,580 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27006?

The closest are 27012 (6.2 mi), 27102 (6.9 mi), 27028 (7.4 mi), 27295 (8.5 mi) and 27293 (10 mi).

Is 27006 a PO Box ZIP code?

27006 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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