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27021

ZIP 27021 is King, 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
17,106
Coordinates
36.3203, -80.3447
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Where 27021 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27021
  • 🔢 Type 27021 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,021 = 3 × 9007. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27020 (Hamptonville, NC, 30 mi away) and 27022 (Lawsonville, NC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27021 becomes 12072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fultonville, NY, 554 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02217, 02712, 02721, 10272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71202 in Monroe, LA, 720 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,019 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27021 and you would come out at 36.32°S, 99.66°E — 973 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 53.7 square miles of land, 27021 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,106This ZIP17,106
Households7,426This ZIP7,426
Housing units8,056This ZIP8,056
Median age43.4This ZIP43.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,552This ZIP$63,552North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$219,600This ZIP$219,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$851This ZIP$851North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.9%This ZIP22.9%
Mean commute27.0 minThis ZIP27.0 min
Population density318.3 / sq miThis ZIP318.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments344This ZIP344
Employees3,310This ZIP3,310
Annual payroll$117,829,000This ZIP$117,829,000
Tax returns filed8,050This ZIP8,050
Total adjusted gross income$530,245,000This ZIP$530,245,000

Land area

Land area53.74 sq miThis ZIP53.74 sq mi
Water area0.50 sq miThis ZIP0.50 sq mi

Counties 27021 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Stokes County 99.3%
Forsyth County 0.7%

Other place names in 27021

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

ZIP codes near 27021

ZIPCityDistance
27043 Pinnacle, NC 5.9 mi
27094 Rural Hall, NC 6.2 mi
27098 Rural Hall, NC 6.2 mi
27099 Rural Hall, NC 6.2 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 6.4 mi
27045 Rural Hall, NC 6.5 mi
27050 Tobaccoville, NC 7.4 mi
27010 Bethania, NC 9.5 mi
27041 Pilot Mountain, NC 10.2 mi
27040 Pfafftown, NC 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27021?

27021 is in King, North Carolina, in Stokes County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3203, -80.3447.

What county is 27021 in?

27021 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 27021?

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

What time zone is 27021 in?

27021 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27021?

About 17,106 people live in ZIP code 27021, in 7,426 households, at 318.3 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 27021?

$63,552 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27021?

The closest are 27043 (5.9 mi), 27094 (6.2 mi), 27098 (6.2 mi), 27099 (6.2 mi) and 27019 (6.4 mi).

Is 27021 a PO Box ZIP code?

27021 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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