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27052

ZIP 27052 is Walnut Cove, North Carolina, mostly in Stokes County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Stokes +1 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
10,506
Coordinates
36.3208, -80.1505
☼ Live from 27052 — Walnut Cove, NC

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Where 27052 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27052
  • 🔢 Type 27052 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,052 = 2 × 2 × 6763. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27051 (Walkertown, NC, 9 mi away) and 27053 (Westfield, NC, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27052 becomes 25072, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02725, 07522, 20527, 20572, 20725, 20752, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57220 in Bruce, SD, 1,043 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,029 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27052 and you would come out at 36.32°S, 99.85°E — 963 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 99.0 square miles of land, 27052 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 75 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,506This ZIP10,506
Households4,150This ZIP4,150
Housing units4,403This ZIP4,403
Median age44.7This ZIP44.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,024This ZIP$59,024North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$186,700This ZIP$186,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$699This ZIP$699North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.6%This ZIP16.6%
Mean commute34.7 minThis ZIP34.7 min
Population density106.2 / sq miThis ZIP106.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments147This ZIP147
Employees1,183This ZIP1,183
Annual payroll$36,636,000This ZIP$36,636,000
Tax returns filed4,520This ZIP4,520
Total adjusted gross income$271,043,000This ZIP$271,043,000

Land area

Land area98.96 sq miThis ZIP98.96 sq mi
Water area4.54 sq miThis ZIP4.54 sq mi

Counties 27052 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Stokes County 88.6%
Forsyth County 11.4%

Other place names in 27052

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

ZIP codes near 27052

ZIPCityDistance
27042 Pine Hall, NC 5.3 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 5.4 mi
27009 Belews Creek, NC 7.4 mi
27051 Walkertown, NC 8.6 mi
27016 Danbury, NC 9.5 mi
27094 Rural Hall, NC 9.7 mi
27098 Rural Hall, NC 9.7 mi
27099 Rural Hall, NC 9.7 mi
27045 Rural Hall, NC 10.1 mi
27357 Stokesdale, NC 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27052?

27052 is in Walnut Cove, North Carolina, in Stokes County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3208, -80.1505.

What county is 27052 in?

27052 spans 2 counties: Stokes County and Forsyth County. Most of it falls in Stokes 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 27052?

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

What time zone is 27052 in?

27052 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27052?

About 10,506 people live in ZIP code 27052, in 4,150 households, at 106.2 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 27052?

$59,024 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27052?

The closest are 27042 (5.3 mi), 27019 (5.4 mi), 27009 (7.4 mi), 27051 (8.6 mi) and 27016 (9.5 mi).

Is 27052 a PO Box ZIP code?

27052 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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