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27292

ZIP 27292 is in Lexington, North Carolina, mostly in Davidson County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Lexington has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 27293, 27294 and 27295.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Davidson +1 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
40,311
Coordinates
35.7383, -80.2075
☼ Live from 27292 — Lexington, NC

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Where 27292 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27292
  • 🔢 Type 27292 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,292 = 2 × 2 × 6823. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27291 (Leasburg, NC, 75 mi away) and 27293 (Lexington, NC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27292 becomes 29272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22729, 22972, 27229, 27922, 29227, 29722, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97222 in Portland, OR, 2,294 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,040 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27292 and you would come out at 35.74°S, 99.79°E — 957 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 144.0 square miles of land, 27292 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 109 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,311This ZIP40,311
Households16,060This ZIP16,060
Housing units18,662This ZIP18,662
Median age41.6This ZIP41.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,264This ZIP$57,264North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$211,400This ZIP$211,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$848This ZIP$848North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density280.0 / sq miThis ZIP280.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments871This ZIP871
Employees11,289This ZIP11,289
Annual payroll$484,196,000This ZIP$484,196,000
Tax returns filed17,310This ZIP17,310
Total adjusted gross income$1,039,595,000This ZIP$1,039,595,000

Land area

Land area143.97 sq miThis ZIP143.97 sq mi
Water area9.06 sq miThis ZIP9.06 sq mi

Counties 27292 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Davidson County 99.3%
Randolph County 0.7%

Other place names in 27292

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

ZIP codes near 27292

ZIPCityDistance
27351 Southmont, NC 6.4 mi
27294 Lexington, NC 6.5 mi
27299 Linwood, NC 9.6 mi
27360 Thomasville, NC 10.4 mi
27293 Lexington, NC 10.7 mi
27361 Thomasville, NC 10.7 mi
27295 Lexington, NC 10.8 mi
27239 Denton, NC 11.5 mi
27374 Welcome, NC 12.7 mi
28159 Spencer, NC 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27292?

27292 is in Lexington, North Carolina, in Davidson County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7383, -80.2075.

What county is 27292 in?

27292 spans 2 counties: Davidson County and Randolph County. Most of it falls in Davidson 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 27292?

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

What time zone is 27292 in?

27292 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27292?

About 40,311 people live in ZIP code 27292, in 16,060 households, at 280.0 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 27292?

$57,264 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27292?

The closest are 27351 (6.4 mi), 27294 (6.5 mi), 27299 (9.6 mi), 27360 (10.4 mi) and 27293 (10.7 mi).

Is 27292 a PO Box ZIP code?

27292 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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