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27208

ZIP 27208 is Bennett, North Carolina, mostly in Chatham County; area code 336; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham +2 more
Population
1,979
Coordinates
35.5619, -79.5429
☼ Live from 27208 — Bennett, NC

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Where 27208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27208
  • 🔢 Type 27208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 19 × 179. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27207 (Bear Creek, NC, 9 mi away) and 27209 (Biscoe, NC, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27208 becomes 80272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02827, 02872, 07822, 08722, 20782, 20827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87022 in Isleta, NM, 1,528 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,079 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27208 and you would come out at 35.56°S, 100.46°E — 918 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 40.9 square miles of land, 27208 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,979This ZIP1,979
Households812This ZIP812
Housing units1,008This ZIP1,008
Median age44.0This ZIP44.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,947This ZIP$58,947North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$172,700This ZIP$172,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$657This ZIP$657North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.5%This ZIP17.5%
Mean commute26.1 minThis ZIP26.1 min
Population density48.4 / sq miThis ZIP48.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees71This ZIP71
Annual payroll$2,031,000This ZIP$2,031,000
Tax returns filed790This ZIP790
Total adjusted gross income$47,281,000This ZIP$47,281,000

Land area

Land area40.90 sq miThis ZIP40.90 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 27208 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Chatham County 52.8%
Randolph County 38.8%
Moore County 8.4%

Other place names in 27208

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ZIP codes near 27208

ZIPCityDistance
27259 Highfalls, NC 5.0 mi
27325 Robbins, NC 6.9 mi
27341 Seagrove, NC 9.0 mi
27207 Bear Creek, NC 9.1 mi
27213 Bonlee, NC 9.7 mi
27316 Ramseur, NC 10.4 mi
27252 Goldston, NC 10.6 mi
27344 Siler City, NC 12.7 mi
27256 Gulf, NC 15.1 mi
27247 Ether, NC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27208?

27208 is in Bennett, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5619, -79.5429.

What county is 27208 in?

27208 spans 3 counties: Chatham County, Randolph County and Moore County. Most of it falls in Chatham 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 27208?

Bennett uses area code 336, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27208 in?

27208 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27208?

About 1,979 people live in ZIP code 27208, in 812 households, at 48.4 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 27208?

$58,947 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27208?

The closest are 27259 (5 mi), 27325 (6.9 mi), 27341 (9 mi), 27207 (9.1 mi) and 27213 (9.7 mi).

Is 27208 a PO Box ZIP code?

27208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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