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27312

ZIP 27312 is Pittsboro, North Carolina, mostly in Chatham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham +1 more
Population
23,341
Coordinates
35.7562, -79.1966
☼ Live from 27312 — Pittsboro, NC

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Where 27312 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27312
  • 🔢 Type 27312 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,312 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 569. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27311 (Pelham, NC, 52 mi away) and 27313 (Pleasant Garden, NC, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27312 becomes 21372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12237, 12723, 12732, 17223, 17232, 17322, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73122 in Oklahoma City, OK, 1,033 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,093 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27312 and you would come out at 35.76°S, 100.80°E — 902 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 170.9 square miles of land, 27312 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 130 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,341This ZIP23,341
Households10,292This ZIP10,292
Housing units11,137This ZIP11,137
Median age49.8This ZIP49.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$103,104This ZIP$103,104North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$467,900This ZIP$467,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,272This ZIP$1,272North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher54.8%This ZIP54.8%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density136.6 / sq miThis ZIP136.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments567This ZIP567
Employees4,519This ZIP4,519
Annual payroll$179,190,000This ZIP$179,190,000
Tax returns filed11,960This ZIP11,960
Total adjusted gross income$1,486,330,000This ZIP$1,486,330,000

Land area

Land area170.93 sq miThis ZIP170.93 sq mi
Water area7.19 sq miThis ZIP7.19 sq mi

Counties 27312 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Chatham County 99.4%
Alamance County 0.6%

Other place names in 27312

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

ZIP codes near 27312

ZIPCityDistance
27228 Bynum, NC 4.2 mi
27559 Moncure, NC 10.3 mi
27516 Chapel Hill, NC 10.6 mi
27517 Chapel Hill, NC 11.0 mi
27510 Carrboro, NC 12.4 mi
27599 Chapel Hill, NC 13.0 mi
27515 Chapel Hill, NC 13.4 mi
27523 Apex, NC 13.5 mi
27344 Siler City, NC 13.5 mi
27213 Bonlee, NC 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27312?

27312 is in Pittsboro, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7562, -79.1966.

What county is 27312 in?

27312 spans 2 counties: Chatham County and Alamance County. Most of it falls in Chatham 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 27312?

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

What time zone is 27312 in?

27312 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27312?

About 23,341 people live in ZIP code 27312, in 10,292 households, at 136.6 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 27312?

$103,104 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27312?

The closest are 27228 (4.2 mi), 27559 (10.3 mi), 27516 (10.6 mi), 27517 (11 mi) and 27510 (12.4 mi).

Is 27312 a PO Box ZIP code?

27312 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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