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27207

ZIP 27207 is Bear Creek, North Carolina, in Chatham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham
Population
4,367
Coordinates
35.6076, -79.3905
☼ Live from 27207 — Bear Creek, NC

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Where 27207 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27207
  • 🔢 Type 27207 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LOZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,207 = 3 × 3 × 3023. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27205 (Asheboro, NC, 26 mi away) and 27208 (Bennett, NC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27207 becomes 70272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07722, 20277, 20772, 27027, 27702, 70722, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77202 in Houston, TX, 1,013 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,086 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27207 and you would come out at 35.61°S, 100.61°E — 910 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 86.5 square miles of land, 27207 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,367This ZIP4,367
Households1,631This ZIP1,631
Housing units1,821This ZIP1,821
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$70,211This ZIP$70,211North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$205,700This ZIP$205,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$758This ZIP$758North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.9%This ZIP25.9%
Mean commute38.2 minThis ZIP38.2 min
Population density50.5 / sq miThis ZIP50.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments52This ZIP52
Employees334This ZIP334
Annual payroll$15,608,000This ZIP$15,608,000
Tax returns filed1,630This ZIP1,630
Total adjusted gross income$113,575,000This ZIP$113,575,000

Land area

Land area86.52 sq miThis ZIP86.52 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27207

ZIPCityDistance
27213 Bonlee, NC 3.0 mi
27252 Goldston, NC 3.8 mi
27256 Gulf, NC 7.3 mi
27344 Siler City, NC 8.3 mi
27208 Bennett, NC 9.1 mi
27259 Highfalls, NC 11.1 mi
27330 Sanford, NC 13.2 mi
27325 Robbins, NC 14.0 mi
27316 Ramseur, NC 14.6 mi
27331 Sanford, NC 14.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27207?

27207 is in Bear Creek, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6076, -79.3905.

What county is 27207 in?

27207 lies in Chatham County.

What area code is 27207?

Bear Creek uses area codes 919 and 984, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27207 in?

27207 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27207?

About 4,367 people live in ZIP code 27207, in 1,631 households, at 50.5 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 27207?

$70,211 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27207?

The closest are 27213 (3 mi), 27252 (3.8 mi), 27256 (7.3 mi), 27344 (8.3 mi) and 27208 (9.1 mi).

Is 27207 a PO Box ZIP code?

27207 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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