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27050

ZIP 27050 is Tobaccoville, North Carolina, mostly in Forsyth County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Forsyth +1 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
3,823
Coordinates
36.2264, -80.4097
☼ Live from 27050 — Tobaccoville, NC

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Where 27050 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27050
  • 🔢 Type 27050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,050 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 541. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27049 (Toast, NC, 22 mi away) and 27051 (Walkertown, NC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27050 becomes 05072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Strafford, VT, 677 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00725, 05072, 05702, 07052, 07205, 07502, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00725 in Caguas, PR, 1,521 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,018 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27050 and you would come out at 36.23°S, 99.59°E — 975 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 25.0 square miles of land, 27050 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,823This ZIP3,823
Households1,575This ZIP1,575
Housing units1,738This ZIP1,738
Median age47.4This ZIP47.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$88,750This ZIP$88,750North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$188,700This ZIP$188,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$919This ZIP$919North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.7%This ZIP26.7%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density152.8 / sq miThis ZIP152.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees1,609This ZIP1,609
Annual payroll$168,223,000This ZIP$168,223,000
Tax returns filed1,930This ZIP1,930
Total adjusted gross income$140,912,000This ZIP$140,912,000

Land area

Land area25.02 sq miThis ZIP25.02 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Counties 27050 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Forsyth County 87.0%
Stokes County 13.0%

Other place names in 27050

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ZIP codes near 27050

ZIPCityDistance
27040 Pfafftown, NC 4.1 mi
27010 Bethania, NC 5.0 mi
27045 Rural Hall, NC 6.4 mi
27018 East Bend, NC 6.4 mi
27094 Rural Hall, NC 6.6 mi
27098 Rural Hall, NC 6.6 mi
27099 Rural Hall, NC 6.6 mi
27021 King, NC 7.4 mi
27106 Winston-Salem, NC 7.5 mi
27043 Pinnacle, NC 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27050?

27050 is in Tobaccoville, North Carolina, in Forsyth County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2264, -80.4097.

What county is 27050 in?

27050 spans 2 counties: Forsyth County and Stokes County. Most of it falls in Forsyth 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 27050?

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

What time zone is 27050 in?

27050 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27050?

About 3,823 people live in ZIP code 27050, in 1,575 households, at 152.8 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 27050?

$88,750 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27050?

The closest are 27040 (4.1 mi), 27010 (5 mi), 27045 (6.4 mi), 27018 (6.4 mi) and 27094 (6.6 mi).

Is 27050 a PO Box ZIP code?

27050 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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