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27053

ZIP 27053 is Westfield, 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
3,068
Coordinates
36.4758, -80.3618
☼ Live from 27053 — Westfield, NC

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Where 27053 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27053
  • 🔢 Type 27053 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,053 = 13 × 2081. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27052 (Walnut Cove, NC, 16 mi away) and 27054 (Woodleaf, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27053 becomes 35072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Goodwater, AL, 399 miles away.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02357, 02375, 02537, 03257, 03275, 03752, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73502 in Lawton, OK, 1,020 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,015 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27053 and you would come out at 36.48°S, 99.64°E — 977 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 69.6 square miles of land, 27053 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,068This ZIP3,068
Households1,391This ZIP1,391
Housing units1,606This ZIP1,606
Median age52.1This ZIP52.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$67,974This ZIP$67,974North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$224,500This ZIP$224,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$769This ZIP$769North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.5%This ZIP20.5%
Mean commute35.7 minThis ZIP35.7 min
Population density44.1 / sq miThis ZIP44.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees189This ZIP189
Annual payroll$7,011,000This ZIP$7,011,000
Tax returns filed1,350This ZIP1,350
Total adjusted gross income$83,578,000This ZIP$83,578,000

Land area

Land area69.56 sq miThis ZIP69.56 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Counties 27053 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Stokes County 96.5%
Surry County 3.5%

ZIP codes near 27053

ZIPCityDistance
27041 Pilot Mountain, NC 8.0 mi
27016 Danbury, NC 8.2 mi
27022 Lawsonville, NC 8.5 mi
24076 Claudville, VA 9.5 mi
27043 Pinnacle, NC 10.6 mi
27021 King, NC 10.8 mi
24053 Ararat, VA 13.2 mi
27007 Ararat, NC 13.9 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 14.8 mi
27049 Toast, NC 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27053?

27053 is in Westfield, North Carolina, in Stokes County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4758, -80.3618.

What county is 27053 in?

27053 spans 2 counties: Stokes County and Surry 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 27053?

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

What time zone is 27053 in?

27053 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27053?

About 3,068 people live in ZIP code 27053, in 1,391 households, at 44.1 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 27053?

$67,974 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27053?

The closest are 27041 (8 mi), 27016 (8.2 mi), 27022 (8.5 mi), 24076 (9.5 mi) and 27043 (10.6 mi).

Is 27053 a PO Box ZIP code?

27053 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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