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27213

ZIP 27213 is Bonlee, North Carolina, in Chatham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham
Population
60
Coordinates
35.6493, -79.4083
☼ Live from 27213 — Bonlee, NC

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Where 27213 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27213
  • 🔢 Type 27213 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EIZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,213 = 3 × 47 × 193. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27212 (Blanch, NC, 58 mi away) and 27214 (Browns Summit, NC, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27213 becomes 31272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12237, 12723, 12732, 17223, 17232, 17322, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73122 in Oklahoma City, OK, 1,022 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,084 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27213 and you would come out at 35.65°S, 100.59°E — 912 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 0.626 square miles of land, 27213 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 303 football fields.
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People and housing

Population60This ZIP60
Households43This ZIP43
Housing units43This ZIP43
Median age46.8This ZIP46.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density95.8 / sq miThis ZIP95.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$1,012,000This ZIP$1,012,000

Land area

Land area0.63 sq miThis ZIP0.63 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27213

ZIPCityDistance
27207 Bear Creek, NC 3.0 mi
27344 Siler City, NC 5.2 mi
27252 Goldston, NC 6.8 mi
27208 Bennett, NC 9.7 mi
27256 Gulf, NC 9.7 mi
27316 Ramseur, NC 12.6 mi
27259 Highfalls, NC 12.8 mi
27355 Staley, NC 13.1 mi
27312 Pittsboro, NC 14.0 mi
27330 Sanford, NC 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27213?

27213 is in Bonlee, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6493, -79.4083.

What county is 27213 in?

27213 lies in Chatham County.

What area code is 27213?

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

What time zone is 27213 in?

27213 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27213?

About 60 people live in ZIP code 27213, in 43 households, at 95.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27213?

The closest are 27207 (3 mi), 27344 (5.2 mi), 27252 (6.8 mi), 27208 (9.7 mi) and 27256 (9.7 mi).

Is 27213 a PO Box ZIP code?

27213 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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