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27216

ZIP 27216 is in Burlington, North Carolina, in Alamance County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Burlington has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27215 and 27217.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Alamance
Metro area
Burlington, NC
Coordinates
36.0475, -79.4797

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 27215, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27216 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27216
  • 🔢 Type 27216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27215 (Burlington, NC, 3 mi away) and 27217 (Burlington, NC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27216 becomes 61272 — and that is a real ZIP code: New Boston, IL, 718 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12726, 12762, 17262, 17622, 21627, 21672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76122 in Fort Worth, TX, 1,039 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,071 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27216 and you would come out at 36.05°S, 100.52°E — 922 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees1,005This ZIP1,005
Annual payroll$60,083,000This ZIP$60,083,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27216

ZIPCityDistance
27201 Alamance, NC 1.0 mi
27215 Burlington, NC 2.7 mi
27377 Whitsett, NC 6.7 mi
27359 Swepsonville, NC 7.1 mi
27258 Haw River, NC 7.6 mi
27342 Sedalia, NC 7.9 mi
27253 Graham, NC 9.3 mi
27202 Altamahaw, NC 9.7 mi
27249 Gibsonville, NC 9.8 mi
27283 Julian, NC 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27216?

27216 is in Burlington, North Carolina, in Alamance County, part of the Burlington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0475, -79.4797.

What county is 27216 in?

27216 lies in Alamance County.

What area code is 27216?

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

What time zone is 27216 in?

27216 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27216?

The closest are 27201 (1 mi), 27215 (2.7 mi), 27377 (6.7 mi), 27359 (7.1 mi) and 27258 (7.6 mi).

Is 27216 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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