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27020

ZIP 27020 is Hamptonville, North Carolina, mostly in Yadkin County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Yadkin +2 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
6,207
Coordinates
36.1127, -80.8113
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Where 27020 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27020
  • 🔢 Type 27020 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,020 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 193. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27019 (Germanton, NC, 34 mi away) and 27021 (King, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27020 becomes 02072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stoughton, MA, 665 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02027, 02072, 02702, 02720, 07022, 07202, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02027 in Dedham, MA, 668 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯999 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27020 and you would come out at 36.11°S, 99.19°E — 995 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 76.1 square miles of land, 27020 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 58 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,207This ZIP6,207
Households2,617This ZIP2,617
Housing units3,174This ZIP3,174
Median age47.7This ZIP47.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$50,489This ZIP$50,489North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$170,600This ZIP$170,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$875This ZIP$875North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute36.6 minThis ZIP36.6 min
Population density81.5 / sq miThis ZIP81.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees1,183This ZIP1,183
Annual payroll$27,208,000This ZIP$27,208,000
Tax returns filed2,710This ZIP2,710
Total adjusted gross income$167,833,000This ZIP$167,833,000

Land area

Land area76.13 sq miThis ZIP76.13 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

Counties 27020 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Yadkin County 78.4%
Iredell County 13.8%
Wilkes County 7.8%

ZIP codes near 27020

ZIPCityDistance
28642 Jonesville, NC 7.8 mi
28670 Ronda, NC 8.0 mi
28689 Union Grove, NC 8.3 mi
27011 Boonville, NC 10.0 mi
27055 Yadkinville, NC 10.1 mi
28634 Harmony, NC 10.1 mi
28660 Olin, NC 10.3 mi
28621 Elkin, NC 11.3 mi
28669 Roaring River, NC 12.6 mi
28688 Turnersburg, NC 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27020?

27020 is in Hamptonville, North Carolina, in Yadkin County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1127, -80.8113.

What county is 27020 in?

27020 spans 3 counties: Yadkin County, Iredell County and Wilkes County. Most of it falls in Yadkin 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 time zone is 27020 in?

27020 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27020?

About 6,207 people live in ZIP code 27020, in 2,617 households, at 81.5 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 27020?

$50,489 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27020?

The closest are 28642 (7.8 mi), 28670 (8 mi), 28689 (8.3 mi), 27011 (10 mi) and 27055 (10.1 mi).

Is 27020 a PO Box ZIP code?

27020 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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