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27242

ZIP 27242 is Eagle Springs, North Carolina, in Moore County; area code 910; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Moore
Population
1,674
Coordinates
35.3297, -79.6490
☼ Live from 27242 — Eagle Springs, NC

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Where 27242 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27242
  • 🔢 Type 27242 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,242 = 2 × 53 × 257. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27239 (Denton, NC, 31 mi away) and 27243 (Efland, NC, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27242 becomes 24272 — and that is a real ZIP code: Nora, VA, 190 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22427, 22472, 22724, 22742, 24272, 42722, …). The farthest-flung twin is 72422 in Corning, AR, 613 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,080 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27242 and you would come out at 35.33°S, 100.35°E — 921 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 50.8 square miles of land, 27242 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,674This ZIP1,674
Households677This ZIP677
Housing units864This ZIP864
Median age38.8This ZIP38.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median gross rent$724This ZIP$724North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.9%This ZIP18.9%
Mean commute36.1 minThis ZIP36.1 min
Population density33.0 / sq miThis ZIP33.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees69This ZIP69
Annual payroll$3,873,000This ZIP$3,873,000
Tax returns filed760This ZIP760
Total adjusted gross income$39,262,000This ZIP$39,262,000

Land area

Land area50.78 sq miThis ZIP50.78 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 27242

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 27242

ZIPCityDistance
27209 Biscoe, NC 6.0 mi
27376 West End, NC 8.6 mi
27281 Jackson Springs, NC 9.9 mi
27229 Candor, NC 10.2 mi
27325 Robbins, NC 10.4 mi
27356 Star, NC 11.5 mi
28367 Norman, NC 11.8 mi
27247 Ether, NC 12.0 mi
28388 Southern Pines, NC 12.7 mi
28327 Carthage, NC 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27242?

27242 is in Eagle Springs, North Carolina, in Moore County, part of the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3297, -79.6490.

What county is 27242 in?

27242 lies in Moore County.

What area code is 27242?

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

What time zone is 27242 in?

27242 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27242?

About 1,674 people live in ZIP code 27242, in 677 households, at 33.0 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 27242?

The closest are 27209 (6 mi), 27376 (8.6 mi), 27281 (9.9 mi), 27229 (10.2 mi) and 27325 (10.4 mi).

Is 27242 a PO Box ZIP code?

27242 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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