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27009

ZIP 27009 is Belews Creek, North Carolina, mostly in Forsyth County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Forsyth +1 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
2,939
Coordinates
36.2309, -80.0787
☼ Live from 27009 — Belews Creek, NC

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Where 27009 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27009
  • 🔢 Type 27009 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,009 = 3 × 3 × 3001. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27007 (Ararat, NC, 30 mi away) and 27010 (Bethania, NC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27009 becomes 90072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Angeles, CA, 2,148 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00729, 00792, 00927, 02790, 02907, 07029, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09072 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,204 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,035 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27009 and you would come out at 36.23°S, 99.92°E — 957 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 16.5 square miles of land, 27009 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,939This ZIP2,939
Households1,192This ZIP1,192
Housing units1,217This ZIP1,217
Median age52.4This ZIP52.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$76,469This ZIP$76,469North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$280,400This ZIP$280,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher28.5%This ZIP28.5%
Mean commute26.2 minThis ZIP26.2 min
Population density178.1 / sq miThis ZIP178.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments40This ZIP40
Employees327This ZIP327
Annual payroll$26,002,000This ZIP$26,002,000
Tax returns filed1,390This ZIP1,390
Total adjusted gross income$128,671,000This ZIP$128,671,000

Land area

Land area16.51 sq miThis ZIP16.51 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Counties 27009 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Forsyth County 90.2%
Stokes County 9.8%

ZIP codes near 27009

ZIPCityDistance
27051 Walkertown, NC 4.8 mi
27310 Oak Ridge, NC 6.2 mi
27357 Stokesdale, NC 6.5 mi
27052 Walnut Cove, NC 7.4 mi
27285 Kernersville, NC 7.7 mi
27284 Kernersville, NC 7.9 mi
27042 Pine Hall, NC 8.5 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 9.7 mi
27235 Colfax, NC 9.9 mi
27105 Winston-Salem, NC 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27009?

27009 is in Belews Creek, North Carolina, in Forsyth County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2309, -80.0787.

What county is 27009 in?

27009 spans 2 counties: Forsyth County and Stokes County. Most of it falls in Forsyth 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 27009?

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

What time zone is 27009 in?

27009 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27009?

About 2,939 people live in ZIP code 27009, in 1,192 households, at 178.1 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 27009?

$76,469 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27009?

The closest are 27051 (4.8 mi), 27310 (6.2 mi), 27357 (6.5 mi), 27052 (7.4 mi) and 27285 (7.7 mi).

Is 27009 a PO Box ZIP code?

27009 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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