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27306

ZIP 27306 is Mount Gilead, North Carolina, mostly in Montgomery County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
5,486
Coordinates
35.2252, -79.9802
☼ Live from 27306 — Mount Gilead, NC

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Where 27306 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27306
  • 🔢 Type 27306 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,306 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 37 × 41. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27305 (Milton, NC, 99 mi away) and 27310 (Oak Ridge, NC, 66 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27306 becomes 60372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02367, 02637, 02673, 02763, 03276, 06237, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73620 in Arapaho, OK, 1,071 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,065 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27306 and you would come out at 35.23°S, 100.02°E — 938 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 184.7 square miles of land, 27306 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 140 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,486This ZIP5,486
Households2,555This ZIP2,555
Housing units4,279This ZIP4,279
Median age50.4This ZIP50.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,934This ZIP$57,934North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$171,800This ZIP$171,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$793This ZIP$793North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%This ZIP22.1%
Mean commute29.5 minThis ZIP29.5 min
Population density29.7 / sq miThis ZIP29.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments105This ZIP105
Employees2,013This ZIP2,013
Annual payroll$107,553,000This ZIP$107,553,000
Tax returns filed2,880This ZIP2,880
Total adjusted gross income$199,275,000This ZIP$199,275,000

Land area

Land area184.70 sq miThis ZIP184.70 sq mi
Water area3.45 sq miThis ZIP3.45 sq mi

Counties 27306 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Montgomery County 77.3%
Richmond County 22.7%

Other place names in 27306

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ZIP codes near 27306

ZIPCityDistance
28128 Norwood, NC 9.9 mi
27229 Candor, NC 10.7 mi
28007 Ansonville, NC 11.1 mi
27371 Troy, NC 12.6 mi
28009 Badin, NC 14.5 mi
28367 Norman, NC 15.0 mi
28001 Albemarle, NC 15.1 mi
28002 Albemarle, NC 15.1 mi
27209 Biscoe, NC 15.2 mi
28338 Ellerbe, NC 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27306?

27306 is in Mount Gilead, North Carolina, in Montgomery County. Its published point location is 35.2252, -79.9802.

What county is 27306 in?

27306 spans 2 counties: Montgomery County and Richmond County. Most of it falls in Montgomery 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 27306?

Mount Gilead uses area codes 910 and 472, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27306 in?

27306 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27306?

About 5,486 people live in ZIP code 27306, in 2,555 households, at 29.7 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 27306?

$57,934 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27306?

The closest are 28128 (9.9 mi), 27229 (10.7 mi), 28007 (11.1 mi), 27371 (12.6 mi) and 28009 (14.5 mi).

Is 27306 a PO Box ZIP code?

27306 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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