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27016

ZIP 27016 is Danbury, North Carolina, in Stokes County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Stokes
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
1,900
Coordinates
36.4475, -80.2188
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Where 27016 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27016
  • 🔢 Type 27016 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 307. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27014 (Cooleemee, NC, 48 mi away) and 27017 (Dobson, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27016 becomes 61072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rockton, IL, 630 miles away.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01267, 02176, 02671, 02761, 06127, 06712, …). The farthest-flung twin is 67021 in Byers, KS, 1,032 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,023 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27016 and you would come out at 36.45°S, 99.78°E — 969 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 44.7 square miles of land, 27016 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,900This ZIP1,900
Households953This ZIP953
Housing units1,102This ZIP1,102
Median age51.8This ZIP51.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,273This ZIP$57,273North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$177,300This ZIP$177,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher12.3%This ZIP12.3%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density42.5 / sq miThis ZIP42.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees302This ZIP302
Annual payroll$11,360,000This ZIP$11,360,000
Tax returns filed710This ZIP710
Total adjusted gross income$42,184,000This ZIP$42,184,000

Land area

Land area44.66 sq miThis ZIP44.66 sq mi
Water area0.33 sq miThis ZIP0.33 sq mi

Other place names in 27016

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ZIP codes near 27016

ZIPCityDistance
27022 Lawsonville, NC 4.5 mi
27053 Westfield, NC 8.2 mi
27046 Sandy Ridge, NC 8.7 mi
27052 Walnut Cove, NC 9.5 mi
27042 Pine Hall, NC 10.8 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 11.1 mi
27021 King, NC 11.2 mi
27027 Mayodan, NC 12.8 mi
24165 Spencer, VA 13.4 mi
24082 Critz, VA 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27016?

27016 is in Danbury, North Carolina, in Stokes County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4475, -80.2188.

What county is 27016 in?

27016 lies in Stokes County.

What area code is 27016?

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

What time zone is 27016 in?

27016 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27016?

About 1,900 people live in ZIP code 27016, in 953 households, at 42.5 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 27016?

$57,273 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27016?

The closest are 27022 (4.5 mi), 27053 (8.2 mi), 27046 (8.7 mi), 27052 (9.5 mi) and 27042 (10.8 mi).

Is 27016 a PO Box ZIP code?

27016 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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