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27019

ZIP 27019 is Germanton, North Carolina, mostly in Stokes County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Stokes +1 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
3,544
Coordinates
36.2869, -80.2377
☼ Live from 27019 — Germanton, NC

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Where 27019 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27019
  • 🔢 Type 27019 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GIOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,019 = 41 × 659. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27018 (East Bend, NC, 17 mi away) and 27020 (Hamptonville, NC, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27019 becomes 91072, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02719, 02791, 02917, 07192, 07921, 09172, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09721 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,553 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,025 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27019 and you would come out at 36.29°S, 99.76°E — 967 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 35.7 square miles of land, 27019 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,544This ZIP3,544
Households1,779This ZIP1,779
Housing units1,806This ZIP1,806
Median age55.8This ZIP55.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,176This ZIP$59,176North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$205,000This ZIP$205,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$777This ZIP$777North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.7%This ZIP18.7%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density99.2 / sq miThis ZIP99.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees161This ZIP161
Annual payroll$7,156,000This ZIP$7,156,000
Tax returns filed1,870This ZIP1,870
Total adjusted gross income$121,160,000This ZIP$121,160,000

Land area

Land area35.74 sq miThis ZIP35.74 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Counties 27019 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Stokes County 68.0%
Forsyth County 32.0%

Other place names in 27019

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

ZIP codes near 27019

ZIPCityDistance
27094 Rural Hall, NC 4.5 mi
27098 Rural Hall, NC 4.5 mi
27099 Rural Hall, NC 4.5 mi
27045 Rural Hall, NC 4.9 mi
27052 Walnut Cove, NC 5.4 mi
27021 King, NC 6.4 mi
27051 Walkertown, NC 7.8 mi
27105 Winston-Salem, NC 8.6 mi
27010 Bethania, NC 9.1 mi
27009 Belews Creek, NC 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27019?

27019 is in Germanton, North Carolina, in Stokes County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2869, -80.2377.

What county is 27019 in?

27019 spans 2 counties: Stokes County and Forsyth County. Most of it falls in Stokes 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 27019?

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

What time zone is 27019 in?

27019 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27019?

About 3,544 people live in ZIP code 27019, in 1,779 households, at 99.2 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 27019?

$59,176 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27019?

The closest are 27094 (4.5 mi), 27098 (4.5 mi), 27099 (4.5 mi), 27045 (4.9 mi) and 27052 (5.4 mi).

Is 27019 a PO Box ZIP code?

27019 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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