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27249

ZIP 27249 is Gibsonville, North Carolina, mostly in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford +3 more
Population
13,741
Coordinates
36.1627, -79.5824
☼ Live from 27249 — Gibsonville, NC

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Where 27249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27249
  • 🔢 Type 27249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,249 = 3 × 31 × 293. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27248 (Franklinville, NC, 27 mi away) and 27252 (Goldston, NC, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27249 becomes 94272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22749, 22947, 22974, 24279, 24729, 24927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97224 in Portland, OR, 2,319 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,063 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27249 and you would come out at 36.16°S, 100.42°E — 929 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 59.8 square miles of land, 27249 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,741This ZIP13,741
Households5,701This ZIP5,701
Housing units6,359This ZIP6,359
Median age47.9This ZIP47.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,880This ZIP$80,880North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$236,600This ZIP$236,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$836This ZIP$836North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.1%This ZIP28.1%
Mean commute26.2 minThis ZIP26.2 min
Population density229.7 / sq miThis ZIP229.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments171This ZIP171
Employees1,059This ZIP1,059
Annual payroll$40,139,000This ZIP$40,139,000
Tax returns filed6,510This ZIP6,510
Total adjusted gross income$474,651,000This ZIP$474,651,000

Land area

Land area59.82 sq miThis ZIP59.82 sq mi
Water area0.77 sq miThis ZIP0.77 sq mi

Counties 27249 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Guilford County 79.7%
Alamance County 8.9%
Rockingham County 8.3%
Caswell County 3.1%

Other place names in 27249

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ZIP codes near 27249

ZIPCityDistance
27202 Altamahaw, NC 4.5 mi
27301 Mc Leansville, NC 5.8 mi
27214 Browns Summit, NC 5.8 mi
27244 Elon, NC 6.5 mi
27342 Sedalia, NC 7.0 mi
27377 Whitsett, NC 8.7 mi
27405 Greensboro, NC 9.1 mi
27216 Burlington, NC 9.8 mi
27201 Alamance, NC 10.4 mi
27215 Burlington, NC 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27249?

27249 is in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1627, -79.5824.

What county is 27249 in?

27249 spans 4 counties: Guilford County, Alamance County, Rockingham County and Caswell 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 27249?

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

What time zone is 27249 in?

27249 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27249?

About 13,741 people live in ZIP code 27249, in 5,701 households, at 229.7 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 27249?

$80,880 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27249?

The closest are 27202 (4.5 mi), 27301 (5.8 mi), 27214 (5.8 mi), 27244 (6.5 mi) and 27342 (7 mi).

Is 27249 a PO Box ZIP code?

27249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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