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27302

ZIP 27302 is Mebane, North Carolina, mostly in Alamance County; area codes 984 and 919; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Alamance +2 more
Metro area
Burlington, NC
Population
35,418
Coordinates
36.1358, -79.2633
☼ Live from 27302 — Mebane, NC

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Where 27302 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27302
  • 🔢 Type 27302 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,302 = 2 × 11 × 17 × 73. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27301 (Mc Leansville, NC, 23 mi away) and 27305 (Milton, NC, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27302 becomes 20372 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 227 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02327, 02723, 03227, 03272, 20237, 20372, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73022 in Concho, OK, 1,048 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,080 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27302 and you would come out at 36.14°S, 100.74°E — 912 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 114.7 square miles of land, 27302 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 87 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population35,418This ZIP35,418
Households14,223This ZIP14,223
Housing units15,733This ZIP15,733
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$79,819This ZIP$79,819North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$312,400This ZIP$312,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,199This ZIP$1,199North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.0%This ZIP35.0%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density308.8 / sq miThis ZIP308.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments700This ZIP700
Employees14,254This ZIP14,254
Annual payroll$790,502,000This ZIP$790,502,000
Tax returns filed16,670This ZIP16,670
Total adjusted gross income$1,258,833,000This ZIP$1,258,833,000

Land area

Land area114.70 sq miThis ZIP114.70 sq mi
Water area1.99 sq miThis ZIP1.99 sq mi

Counties 27302 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Alamance County 40.4%
Orange County 36.3%
Caswell County 23.4%

Other place names in 27302

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ZIP codes near 27302

ZIPCityDistance
27258 Haw River, NC 6.1 mi
27243 Efland, NC 6.2 mi
27231 Cedar Grove, NC 6.4 mi
27217 Burlington, NC 7.6 mi
27359 Swepsonville, NC 9.5 mi
27278 Hillsborough, NC 10.3 mi
27253 Graham, NC 12.6 mi
27314 Prospect Hill, NC 12.6 mi
27340 Saxapahaw, NC 13.4 mi
27541 Hurdle Mills, NC 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27302?

27302 is in Mebane, North Carolina, in Alamance County, part of the Burlington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1358, -79.2633.

What county is 27302 in?

27302 spans 3 counties: Alamance County, Orange County and Caswell County. Most of it falls in Alamance 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 27302?

Mebane uses area codes 984 and 919, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27302 in?

27302 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27302?

About 35,418 people live in ZIP code 27302, in 14,223 households, at 308.8 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 27302?

$79,819 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27302?

The closest are 27258 (6.1 mi), 27243 (6.2 mi), 27231 (6.4 mi), 27217 (7.6 mi) and 27359 (9.5 mi).

Is 27302 a PO Box ZIP code?

27302 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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