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27326

ZIP 27326 is Ruffin, North Carolina, mostly in Rockingham County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham +1 more
Population
3,396
Coordinates
36.4641, -79.5568
☼ Live from 27326 — Ruffin, NC

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Where 27326 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27326
  • 🔢 Type 27326 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,326 = 2 × 13 × 1051. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27325 (Robbins, NC, 69 mi away) and 27330 (Sanford, NC, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27326 becomes 62372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22637, 22736, 23276, 26237, 26273, 26327, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73622 in Bessie, OK, 1,088 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,057 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27326 and you would come out at 36.46°S, 100.44°E — 933 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 65.0 square miles of land, 27326 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 49 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,396This ZIP3,396
Households1,464This ZIP1,464
Housing units1,731This ZIP1,731
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$79,375This ZIP$79,375North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$169,800This ZIP$169,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$650This ZIP$650North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.9%This ZIP14.9%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density52.2 / sq miThis ZIP52.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees96This ZIP96
Annual payroll$2,077,000This ZIP$2,077,000
Tax returns filed1,610This ZIP1,610
Total adjusted gross income$91,393,000This ZIP$91,393,000

Land area

Land area65.02 sq miThis ZIP65.02 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 27326 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Rockingham County 68.7%
Caswell County 31.3%

Other place names in 27326

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ZIP codes near 27326

ZIPCityDistance
27311 Pelham, NC 4.8 mi
24541 Danville, VA 8.9 mi
27315 Providence, NC 9.1 mi
24069 Cascade, VA 9.1 mi
27320 Reidsville, NC 10.2 mi
27288 Eden, NC 11.0 mi
24543 Danville, VA 12.0 mi
27289 Eden, NC 13.0 mi
27323 Reidsville, NC 13.0 mi
27375 Wentworth, NC 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27326?

27326 is in Ruffin, North Carolina, in Rockingham County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4641, -79.5568.

What county is 27326 in?

27326 spans 2 counties: Rockingham County and Caswell County. Most of it falls in Rockingham 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 27326?

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

What time zone is 27326 in?

27326 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27326?

About 3,396 people live in ZIP code 27326, in 1,464 households, at 52.2 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 27326?

$79,375 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27326?

The closest are 27311 (4.8 mi), 24541 (8.9 mi), 27315 (9.1 mi), 24069 (9.1 mi) and 27320 (10.2 mi).

Is 27326 a PO Box ZIP code?

27326 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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