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27299

ZIP 27299 is Linwood, North Carolina, in Davidson County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Davidson
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
5,034
Coordinates
35.7531, -80.3775
☼ Live from 27299 — Linwood, NC

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Where 27299 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27299
  • 🔢 Type 27299 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27299 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27298 (Liberty, NC, 46 mi away) and 27301 (Mc Leansville, NC, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27299 becomes 99272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27929, 29729, 29927, 79229, 79922, 97229, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99722 in Arctic Village, AK, 3,313 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,031 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27299 and you would come out at 35.75°S, 99.62°E — 967 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 27.5 square miles of land, 27299 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,034This ZIP5,034
Households1,848This ZIP1,848
Housing units2,071This ZIP2,071
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,621This ZIP$65,621North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$196,500This ZIP$196,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$938This ZIP$938North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density183.1 / sq miThis ZIP183.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments44This ZIP44
Employees1,153This ZIP1,153
Annual payroll$67,398,000This ZIP$67,398,000
Tax returns filed2,280This ZIP2,280
Total adjusted gross income$130,434,000This ZIP$130,434,000

Land area

Land area27.49 sq miThis ZIP27.49 sq mi
Water area1.35 sq miThis ZIP1.35 sq mi

Other place names in 27299

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ZIP codes near 27299

ZIPCityDistance
28159 Spencer, NC 5.2 mi
28144 Salisbury, NC 5.2 mi
28039 East Spencer, NC 6.0 mi
28145 Salisbury, NC 7.4 mi
27294 Lexington, NC 8.5 mi
27295 Lexington, NC 8.6 mi
27351 Southmont, NC 8.9 mi
28146 Salisbury, NC 9.2 mi
27292 Lexington, NC 9.6 mi
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27299?

27299 is in Linwood, North Carolina, in Davidson County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7531, -80.3775.

What county is 27299 in?

27299 lies in Davidson County.

What area code is 27299?

Linwood uses area codes 704 and 980, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27299 in?

27299 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27299?

About 5,034 people live in ZIP code 27299, in 1,848 households, at 183.1 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 27299?

$65,621 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27299?

The closest are 28159 (5.2 mi), 28144 (5.2 mi), 28039 (6 mi), 28145 (7.4 mi) and 27294 (8.5 mi).

Is 27299 a PO Box ZIP code?

27299 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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