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27048

ZIP 27048 is Stoneville, North Carolina, mostly in Rockingham County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham +1 more
Population
7,814
Coordinates
36.4825, -79.9177
☼ Live from 27048 — Stoneville, NC

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Where 27048 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27048
  • 🔢 Type 27048 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,048 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 23. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27047 (Siloam, NC, 38 mi away) and 27049 (Toast, NC, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27048 becomes 84072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tabiona, UT, 1,676 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02478, 02748, 02874, 04287, 07428, 07842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84720 in Cedar City, UT, 1,833 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,038 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27048 and you would come out at 36.48°S, 100.08°E — 953 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 83.3 square miles of land, 27048 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 63 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,814This ZIP7,814
Households3,413This ZIP3,413
Housing units3,632This ZIP3,632
Median age46.4This ZIP46.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$60,015This ZIP$60,015North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$167,700This ZIP$167,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$841This ZIP$841North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.6%This ZIP16.6%
Mean commute31.9 minThis ZIP31.9 min
Population density93.8 / sq miThis ZIP93.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments96This ZIP96
Employees1,413This ZIP1,413
Annual payroll$56,688,000This ZIP$56,688,000
Tax returns filed3,550This ZIP3,550
Total adjusted gross income$216,306,000This ZIP$216,306,000

Land area

Land area83.30 sq miThis ZIP83.30 sq mi
Water area0.41 sq miThis ZIP0.41 sq mi

Counties 27048 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rockingham County 98.6%
Henry County 1.4%

Other place names in 27048

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ZIP codes near 27048

ZIPCityDistance
27027 Mayodan, NC 4.9 mi
24148 Ridgeway, VA 7.2 mi
27025 Madison, NC 7.7 mi
27046 Sandy Ridge, NC 9.0 mi
27288 Eden, NC 9.4 mi
27289 Eden, NC 10.2 mi
27323 Reidsville, NC 10.2 mi
27375 Wentworth, NC 10.2 mi
24165 Spencer, VA 11.1 mi
27042 Pine Hall, NC 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27048?

27048 is in Stoneville, North Carolina, in Rockingham County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4825, -79.9177.

What county is 27048 in?

27048 spans 2 counties: Rockingham County and Henry County. Most of it falls in Rockingham 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 27048?

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

What time zone is 27048 in?

27048 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27048?

About 7,814 people live in ZIP code 27048, in 3,413 households, at 93.8 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 27048?

$60,015 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27048?

The closest are 27027 (4.9 mi), 24148 (7.2 mi), 27025 (7.7 mi), 27046 (9 mi) and 27288 (9.4 mi).

Is 27048 a PO Box ZIP code?

27048 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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