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27214

ZIP 27214 is Browns Summit, North Carolina, mostly in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford +1 more
Population
14,766
Coordinates
36.2061, -79.6711
☼ Live from 27214 — Browns Summit, NC

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Where 27214 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27214
  • 🔢 Type 27214 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hIZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,214 = 2 × 11 × 1237. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27213 (Bonlee, NC, 41 mi away) and 27215 (Burlington, NC, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27214 becomes 41272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12247, 12427, 12472, 12724, 12742, 14227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71422 in Dodson, LA, 795 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,057 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27214 and you would come out at 36.21°S, 100.33°E — 935 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 51.3 square miles of land, 27214 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,766This ZIP14,766
Households5,405This ZIP5,405
Housing units5,868This ZIP5,868
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$82,655This ZIP$82,655North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$310,500This ZIP$310,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,206This ZIP$1,206North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.8%This ZIP33.8%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density287.9 / sq miThis ZIP287.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments145This ZIP145
Employees3,320This ZIP3,320
Annual payroll$240,374,000This ZIP$240,374,000
Tax returns filed5,820This ZIP5,820
Total adjusted gross income$425,326,000This ZIP$425,326,000

Land area

Land area51.29 sq miThis ZIP51.29 sq mi
Water area2.37 sq miThis ZIP2.37 sq mi

Counties 27214 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Guilford County 88.7%
Rockingham County 11.3%

Other place names in 27214

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ZIP codes near 27214

ZIPCityDistance
27249 Gibsonville, NC 5.8 mi
27301 Mc Leansville, NC 6.4 mi
27405 Greensboro, NC 7.2 mi
27455 Greensboro, NC 8.3 mi
27420 Greensboro, NC 8.7 mi
27202 Altamahaw, NC 9.3 mi
27320 Reidsville, NC 9.4 mi
27342 Sedalia, NC 10.1 mi
27244 Elon, NC 10.3 mi
27411 Greensboro, NC 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27214?

27214 is in Browns Summit, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2061, -79.6711.

What county is 27214 in?

27214 spans 2 counties: Guilford County and Rockingham County. Most of it falls in Guilford 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 27214?

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

What time zone is 27214 in?

27214 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27214?

About 14,766 people live in ZIP code 27214, in 5,405 households, at 287.9 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 27214?

$82,655 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27214?

The closest are 27249 (5.8 mi), 27301 (6.4 mi), 27405 (7.2 mi), 27455 (8.3 mi) and 27420 (8.7 mi).

Is 27214 a PO Box ZIP code?

27214 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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