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27041

ZIP 27041 is Pilot Mountain, 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
8,303
Coordinates
36.4153, -80.4846
☼ Live from 27041 — Pilot Mountain, NC

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Where 27041 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27041
  • 🔢 Type 27041 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,041 = 7 × 3863. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27040 (Pfafftown, NC, 18 mi away) and 27042 (Pine Hall, NC, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27041 becomes 14072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Grand Island, NY, 463 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74102 in Tulsa, OK, 863 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,010 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27041 and you would come out at 36.42°S, 99.52°E — 982 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 60.3 square miles of land, 27041 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,303This ZIP8,303
Households3,382This ZIP3,382
Housing units3,689This ZIP3,689
Median age47.5This ZIP47.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,700This ZIP$78,700North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$232,000This ZIP$232,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$841This ZIP$841North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.7%This ZIP26.7%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density137.6 / sq miThis ZIP137.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments182This ZIP182
Employees1,677This ZIP1,677
Annual payroll$70,773,000This ZIP$70,773,000
Tax returns filed3,560This ZIP3,560
Total adjusted gross income$260,667,000This ZIP$260,667,000

Land area

Land area60.32 sq miThis ZIP60.32 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Counties 27041 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Surry County 81.4%
Stokes County 18.6%

Other place names in 27041

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ZIP codes near 27041

ZIPCityDistance
27043 Pinnacle, NC 5.7 mi
27007 Ararat, NC 6.0 mi
27053 Westfield, NC 8.0 mi
27047 Siloam, NC 8.4 mi
27030 Mount Airy, NC 9.5 mi
27049 Toast, NC 9.8 mi
27021 King, NC 10.2 mi
27031 White Plains, NC 12.5 mi
24053 Ararat, VA 13.5 mi
24076 Claudville, VA 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27041?

27041 is in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, in Surry County, part of the Mount Airy, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4153, -80.4846.

What county is 27041 in?

27041 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 27041?

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

What time zone is 27041 in?

27041 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27041?

About 8,303 people live in ZIP code 27041, in 3,382 households, at 137.6 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 27041?

$78,700 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27041?

The closest are 27043 (5.7 mi), 27007 (6 mi), 27053 (8 mi), 27047 (8.4 mi) and 27030 (9.5 mi).

Is 27041 a PO Box ZIP code?

27041 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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