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27310

ZIP 27310 is Oak Ridge, North Carolina, in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford
Population
8,622
Coordinates
36.1741, -79.9922
☼ Live from 27310 — Oak Ridge, NC

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Where 27310 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27310
  • 🔢 Type 27310 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OIELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,310 = 2 × 5 × 2731. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27306 (Mount Gilead, NC, 66 mi away) and 27311 (Pelham, NC, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27310 becomes 01372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01237, 02137, 02713, 03217, 10273, 12037, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73021 in Colony, OK, 1,047 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,041 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27310 and you would come out at 36.17°S, 100.01°E — 952 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 17.9 square miles of land, 27310 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,622This ZIP8,622
Households2,959This ZIP2,959
Housing units3,063This ZIP3,063
Median age44.0This ZIP44.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$165,898This ZIP$165,898North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$498,900This ZIP$498,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,009This ZIP$3,009North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher59.3%This ZIP59.3%
Mean commute20.7 minThis ZIP20.7 min
Population density480.8 / sq miThis ZIP480.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments202This ZIP202
Employees1,653This ZIP1,653
Annual payroll$62,459,000This ZIP$62,459,000
Tax returns filed4,100This ZIP4,100
Total adjusted gross income$682,740,000This ZIP$682,740,000

Land area

Land area17.93 sq miThis ZIP17.93 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Other place names in 27310

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

ZIP codes near 27310

ZIPCityDistance
27235 Colfax, NC 5.2 mi
27285 Kernersville, NC 5.9 mi
27009 Belews Creek, NC 6.2 mi
27284 Kernersville, NC 6.4 mi
27357 Stokesdale, NC 6.5 mi
27410 Greensboro, NC 6.6 mi
27261 High Point, NC 6.7 mi
27264 High Point, NC 6.7 mi
27409 Greensboro, NC 7.2 mi
27358 Summerfield, NC 7.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27310?

27310 is in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1741, -79.9922.

What county is 27310 in?

27310 lies in Guilford County.

What area code is 27310?

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

What time zone is 27310 in?

27310 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27310?

About 8,622 people live in ZIP code 27310, in 2,959 households, at 480.8 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 27310?

$165,898 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27310?

The closest are 27235 (5.2 mi), 27285 (5.9 mi), 27009 (6.2 mi), 27284 (6.4 mi) and 27357 (6.5 mi).

Is 27310 a PO Box ZIP code?

27310 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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