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27102

ZIP 27102 is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Winston-Salem has 25 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Forsyth
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Coordinates
36.0323, -80.3962

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 27012, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27102 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27102
  • 🔢 Type 27102 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOILZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,102 = 2 × 3 × 4517. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100111011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27101 (Winston-Salem, NC, 12 mi away) and 27103 (Winston-Salem, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27102 becomes 20172 — and that is a real ZIP code: Herndon, VA, 262 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02217, 02712, 02721, 10272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71202 in Monroe, LA, 711 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,023 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27102 and you would come out at 36.03°S, 99.60°E — 972 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees925This ZIP925
Annual payroll$82,640,000This ZIP$82,640,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27102

ZIPCityDistance
27012 Clemmons, NC 1.7 mi
27103 Winston-Salem, NC 4.5 mi
27023 Lewisville, NC 5.2 mi
27104 Winston-Salem, NC 5.4 mi
27127 Winston-Salem, NC 6.6 mi
27006 Advance, NC 6.9 mi
27106 Winston-Salem, NC 8.7 mi
27040 Pfafftown, NC 9.5 mi
27111 Winston-Salem, NC 9.7 mi
27113 Winston-Salem, NC 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27102?

27102 is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0323, -80.3962.

What county is 27102 in?

27102 lies in Forsyth County.

What area code is 27102?

Winston-Salem uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27102 in?

27102 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27102?

The closest are 27012 (1.7 mi), 27103 (4.5 mi), 27023 (5.2 mi), 27104 (5.4 mi) and 27127 (6.6 mi).

Is 27102 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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