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27209

ZIP 27209 is Biscoe, North Carolina, mostly in Montgomery County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
3,906
Coordinates
35.3430, -79.7533
☼ Live from 27209 — Biscoe, NC

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Where 27209 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27209
  • 🔢 Type 27209 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,209 = 7 × 13 × 13 × 23. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27208 (Bennett, NC, 19 mi away) and 27212 (Blanch, NC, 83 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27209 becomes 90272 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pacific Palisades, CA, 2,190 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02297, 07922, 09227, 09722, 20792, 22079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09227 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,315 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,074 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27209 and you would come out at 35.34°S, 100.25°E — 927 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 46.7 square miles of land, 27209 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,906This ZIP3,906
Households1,546This ZIP1,546
Housing units1,776This ZIP1,776
Median age32.4This ZIP32.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$45,861This ZIP$45,861North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$129,300This ZIP$129,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$594This ZIP$594North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.2%This ZIP15.2%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density83.6 / sq miThis ZIP83.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments99This ZIP99
Employees1,627This ZIP1,627
Annual payroll$73,023,000This ZIP$73,023,000
Tax returns filed1,780This ZIP1,780
Total adjusted gross income$94,557,000This ZIP$94,557,000

Land area

Land area46.71 sq miThis ZIP46.71 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Counties 27209 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Montgomery County 68.6%
Moore County 31.4%

Other place names in 27209

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ZIP codes near 27209

ZIPCityDistance
27242 Eagle Springs, NC 6.0 mi
27356 Star, NC 7.1 mi
27229 Candor, NC 7.5 mi
27247 Ether, NC 8.4 mi
27371 Troy, NC 11.8 mi
28367 Norman, NC 12.1 mi
27341 Seagrove, NC 12.9 mi
27281 Jackson Springs, NC 13.0 mi
27325 Robbins, NC 13.4 mi
27376 West End, NC 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27209?

27209 is in Biscoe, North Carolina, in Montgomery County. Its published point location is 35.3430, -79.7533.

What county is 27209 in?

27209 spans 2 counties: Montgomery County and Moore County. Most of it falls in Montgomery 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 27209?

Biscoe uses area code 910, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27209 in?

27209 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27209?

About 3,906 people live in ZIP code 27209, in 1,546 households, at 83.6 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 27209?

$45,861 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27209?

The closest are 27242 (6 mi), 27356 (7.1 mi), 27229 (7.5 mi), 27247 (8.4 mi) and 27371 (11.8 mi).

Is 27209 a PO Box ZIP code?

27209 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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