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27342

ZIP 27342 is Sedalia, North Carolina, in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford
Population
96
Coordinates
36.0664, -79.6186
☼ Live from 27342 — Sedalia, NC

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Where 27342 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27342
  • 🔢 Type 27342 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,342 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 31. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101011001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27341 (Seagrove, NC, 38 mi away) and 27343 (Semora, NC, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27342 becomes 24372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22437, 22473, 22734, 22743, 23274, 23427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34272 in Laurel, FL, 638 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,063 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27342 and you would come out at 36.07°S, 100.38°E — 930 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 0.221 square miles of land, 27342 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 107 football fields.
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People and housing

Population96This ZIP96
Households24This ZIP24
Housing units24This ZIP24
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$116,731This ZIP$116,731North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$180,800This ZIP$180,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher74.5%This ZIP74.5%
Population density434.4 / sq miThis ZIP434.4 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 27342

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

ZIP codes near 27342

ZIPCityDistance
27377 Whitsett, NC 2.2 mi
27301 Mc Leansville, NC 4.2 mi
27215 Burlington, NC 6.7 mi
27249 Gibsonville, NC 7.0 mi
27405 Greensboro, NC 7.3 mi
27201 Alamance, NC 7.8 mi
27216 Burlington, NC 7.9 mi
27283 Julian, NC 8.0 mi
27401 Greensboro, NC 8.3 mi
27411 Greensboro, NC 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27342?

27342 is in Sedalia, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0664, -79.6186.

What county is 27342 in?

27342 lies in Guilford County.

What area code is 27342?

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

What time zone is 27342 in?

27342 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27342?

About 96 people live in ZIP code 27342, in 24 households, at 434.4 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 27342?

$116,731 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27342?

The closest are 27377 (2.2 mi), 27301 (4.2 mi), 27215 (6.7 mi), 27249 (7 mi) and 27405 (7.3 mi).

Is 27342 a PO Box ZIP code?

27342 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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