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27349

ZIP 27349 is Snow Camp, North Carolina, mostly in Alamance County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Alamance +1 more
Metro area
Burlington, NC
Population
7,061
Coordinates
35.8951, -79.4181
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Where 27349 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27349
  • 🔢 Type 27349 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,349 = 7 × 3907. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101011010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27344 (Siler City, NC, 12 mi away) and 27350 (Sophia, NC, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27349 becomes 94372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23479, 23947, 23974, 24739, 27943, 29374, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97423 in Coquille, OR, 2,408 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,078 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27349 and you would come out at 35.90°S, 100.58°E — 916 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 63.7 square miles of land, 27349 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,061This ZIP7,061
Households2,724This ZIP2,724
Housing units2,918This ZIP2,918
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$68,807This ZIP$68,807North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$229,700This ZIP$229,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$880This ZIP$880North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute31.0 minThis ZIP31.0 min
Population density110.8 / sq miThis ZIP110.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees413This ZIP413
Annual payroll$19,025,000This ZIP$19,025,000
Tax returns filed3,000This ZIP3,000
Total adjusted gross income$193,569,000This ZIP$193,569,000

Land area

Land area63.72 sq miThis ZIP63.72 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Counties 27349 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Alamance County 91.3%
Chatham County 8.7%

ZIP codes near 27349

ZIPCityDistance
27253 Graham, NC 6.3 mi
27340 Saxapahaw, NC 7.0 mi
27298 Liberty, NC 8.4 mi
27359 Swepsonville, NC 9.4 mi
27215 Burlington, NC 10.1 mi
27201 Alamance, NC 10.3 mi
27216 Burlington, NC 11.1 mi
27355 Staley, NC 11.2 mi
27344 Siler City, NC 12.0 mi
27283 Julian, NC 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27349?

27349 is in Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County, part of the Burlington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8951, -79.4181.

What county is 27349 in?

27349 spans 2 counties: Alamance County and Chatham County. Most of it falls in Alamance 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 27349?

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

What time zone is 27349 in?

27349 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27349?

About 7,061 people live in ZIP code 27349, in 2,724 households, at 110.8 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 27349?

$68,807 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27349?

The closest are 27253 (6.3 mi), 27340 (7 mi), 27298 (8.4 mi), 27359 (9.4 mi) and 27215 (10.1 mi).

Is 27349 a PO Box ZIP code?

27349 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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