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27201

ZIP 27201 is Alamance, North Carolina, in Alamance County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Alamance
Metro area
Burlington, NC
Population
139
Coordinates
36.0342, -79.4848
☼ Live from 27201 — Alamance, NC

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Where 27201 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27201
  • 🔢 Type 27201 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,201 = 3 × 9067. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27199 (Winston-Salem, NC, 43 mi away) and 27202 (Altamahaw, NC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27201 becomes 10272 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 443 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, 760 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,071 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27201 and you would come out at 36.03°S, 100.52°E — 922 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 0.219 square miles of land, 27201 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 106 football fields.
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People and housing

Population139This ZIP139
Households56This ZIP56
Housing units56This ZIP56
Median age46.8This ZIP46.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$55,250This ZIP$55,250North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$170,600This ZIP$170,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Population density634.7 / sq miThis ZIP634.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees99This ZIP99
Annual payroll$4,002,000This ZIP$4,002,000

Land area

Land area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 27201

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

ZIP codes near 27201

ZIPCityDistance
27216 Burlington, NC 1.0 mi
27215 Burlington, NC 1.9 mi
27377 Whitsett, NC 6.4 mi
27359 Swepsonville, NC 7.2 mi
27342 Sedalia, NC 7.8 mi
27258 Haw River, NC 8.2 mi
27253 Graham, NC 9.0 mi
27283 Julian, NC 10.2 mi
27349 Snow Camp, NC 10.3 mi
27249 Gibsonville, NC 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27201?

27201 is in Alamance, North Carolina, in Alamance County, part of the Burlington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0342, -79.4848.

What county is 27201 in?

27201 lies in Alamance County.

What area code is 27201?

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

What time zone is 27201 in?

27201 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27201?

About 139 people live in ZIP code 27201, in 56 households, at 634.7 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 27201?

$55,250 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27201?

The closest are 27216 (1 mi), 27215 (1.9 mi), 27377 (6.4 mi), 27359 (7.2 mi) and 27342 (7.8 mi).

Is 27201 a PO Box ZIP code?

27201 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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