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27030

ZIP 27030 is Mount Airy, North Carolina, mostly in Surry County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Surry +1 more
Metro area
Mount Airy, NC
Population
36,241
Coordinates
36.4898, -80.6292
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Where 27030 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27030
  • 🔢 Type 27030 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,030 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 17 × 53. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27028 (Mocksville, NC, 39 mi away) and 27031 (White Plains, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27030 becomes 03072, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00723, 00732, 02370, 02703, 07023, 07032, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00723 in Patillas, PR, 1,556 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,000 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27030 and you would come out at 36.49°S, 99.37°E — 991 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 170.4 square miles of land, 27030 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 129 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population36,241This ZIP36,241
Households15,338This ZIP15,338
Housing units17,117This ZIP17,117
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$46,377This ZIP$46,377North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$165,400This ZIP$165,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$754This ZIP$754North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.8%This ZIP17.8%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density212.7 / sq miThis ZIP212.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments905This ZIP905
Employees22,472This ZIP22,472
Annual payroll$1,378,831,000This ZIP$1,378,831,000
Tax returns filed15,550This ZIP15,550
Total adjusted gross income$997,546,000This ZIP$997,546,000

Land area

Land area170.42 sq miThis ZIP170.42 sq mi
Water area1.08 sq miThis ZIP1.08 sq mi

Counties 27030 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Surry County 95.7%
Stokes County 4.3%

Other place names in 27030

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

ZIP codes near 27030

ZIPCityDistance
27049 Toast, NC 0.7 mi
27007 Ararat, NC 7.3 mi
27031 White Plains, NC 7.6 mi
24317 Cana, VA 8.0 mi
27041 Pilot Mountain, NC 9.5 mi
24053 Ararat, VA 9.7 mi
24351 Lambsburg, VA 9.8 mi
27017 Dobson, NC 10.3 mi
24328 Fancy Gap, VA 11.5 mi
27024 Lowgap, NC 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27030?

27030 is in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in Surry County, part of the Mount Airy, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4898, -80.6292.

What county is 27030 in?

27030 spans 2 counties: Surry County and Stokes County. Most of it falls in Surry 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 27030?

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

What time zone is 27030 in?

27030 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27030?

About 36,241 people live in ZIP code 27030, in 15,338 households, at 212.7 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 27030?

$46,377 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27030?

The closest are 27049 (0.7 mi), 27007 (7.3 mi), 27031 (7.6 mi), 24317 (8 mi) and 27041 (9.5 mi).

Is 27030 a PO Box ZIP code?

27030 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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