Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/27205

27205

ZIP 27205 is in Asheboro, North Carolina, in Randolph County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Asheboro has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27203 and 27204.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Randolph
Population
36,947
Coordinates
35.6383, -79.8509
☼ Live from 27205 — Asheboro, NC

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 27205 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27205
  • 🔢 Type 27205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,205 = 5 × 5441. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27204 (Asheboro, NC, 13 mi away) and 27207 (Bear Creek, NC, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27205 becomes 50272 — and that is a real ZIP code: Williamson, IA, 817 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,086 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,061 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27205 and you would come out at 35.64°S, 100.15°E — 936 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 223.7 square miles of land, 27205 is bigger than 92% of ZIP codes — room for about 170 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 27205 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population36,947This ZIP36,947
Households14,720This ZIP14,720
Housing units15,746This ZIP15,746
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,167This ZIP$65,167North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$215,300This ZIP$215,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$824This ZIP$824North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density165.2 / sq miThis ZIP165.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments405This ZIP405
Employees4,076This ZIP4,076
Annual payroll$165,479,000This ZIP$165,479,000
Tax returns filed15,010This ZIP15,010
Total adjusted gross income$1,084,611,000This ZIP$1,084,611,000

Land area

Land area223.70 sq miThis ZIP223.70 sq mi
Water area1.15 sq miThis ZIP1.15 sq mi

Other place names in 27205

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

ZIP codes near 27205

ZIPCityDistance
27203 Asheboro, NC 7.2 mi
27230 Cedar Falls, NC 11.5 mi
27341 Seagrove, NC 11.8 mi
27350 Sophia, NC 11.9 mi
27248 Franklinville, NC 12.5 mi
27204 Asheboro, NC 12.7 mi
27247 Ether, NC 12.8 mi
27316 Ramseur, NC 13.3 mi
27239 Denton, NC 13.7 mi
27370 Trinity, NC 13.8 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 27205 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27205?

27205 is in Asheboro, North Carolina, in Randolph County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6383, -79.8509.

What county is 27205 in?

27205 lies in Randolph County.

What area code is 27205?

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

What time zone is 27205 in?

27205 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27205?

About 36,947 people live in ZIP code 27205, in 14,720 households, at 165.2 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 27205?

$65,167 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27205?

The closest are 27203 (7.2 mi), 27230 (11.5 mi), 27341 (11.8 mi), 27350 (11.9 mi) and 27248 (12.5 mi).

Is 27205 a PO Box ZIP code?

27205 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “27205 ZIP Code — Asheboro, North Carolina (Randolph County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/27205

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/27205.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.