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27042

ZIP 27042 is Pine Hall, North Carolina, in Stokes County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Stokes
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
278
Coordinates
36.3528, -80.0642
☼ Live from 27042 — Pine Hall, NC

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Where 27042 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27042
  • 🔢 Type 27042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,042 = 2 × 3 × 4507. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27041 (Pilot Mountain, NC, 24 mi away) and 27043 (Pinnacle, NC, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27042 becomes 24072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Check, VA, 49 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02472, 02724, 02742, 04227, 07422, 20427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74022 in Copan, OK, 882 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,033 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27042 and you would come out at 36.35°S, 99.94°E — 959 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 7.2 square miles of land, 27042 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population278This ZIP278
Households146This ZIP146
Housing units181This ZIP181
Median age59.7This ZIP59.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$46,510This ZIP$46,510North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$136,600This ZIP$136,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute17.8 minThis ZIP17.8 min
Population density38.6 / sq miThis ZIP38.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees236This ZIP236
Annual payroll$15,048,000This ZIP$15,048,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$17,344,000This ZIP$17,344,000

Land area

Land area7.21 sq miThis ZIP7.21 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27042

ZIPCityDistance
27052 Walnut Cove, NC 5.3 mi
27025 Madison, NC 5.6 mi
27027 Mayodan, NC 7.4 mi
27357 Stokesdale, NC 7.9 mi
27009 Belews Creek, NC 8.5 mi
27046 Sandy Ridge, NC 10.4 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 10.7 mi
27016 Danbury, NC 10.8 mi
27051 Walkertown, NC 11.9 mi
27048 Stoneville, NC 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27042?

27042 is in Pine Hall, North Carolina, in Stokes County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3528, -80.0642.

What county is 27042 in?

27042 lies in Stokes County.

What area code is 27042?

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

What time zone is 27042 in?

27042 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27042?

About 278 people live in ZIP code 27042, in 146 households, at 38.6 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 27042?

$46,510 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27042?

The closest are 27052 (5.3 mi), 27025 (5.6 mi), 27027 (7.4 mi), 27357 (7.9 mi) and 27009 (8.5 mi).

Is 27042 a PO Box ZIP code?

27042 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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