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27379

ZIP 27379 is Yanceyville, North Carolina, in Caswell County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caswell
Metro area
none
Population
4,479
Coordinates
36.3611, -79.3478
☼ Live from 27379 — Yanceyville, NC

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Where 27379 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27379
  • 🔢 Type 27379 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,379 = 11 × 19 × 131. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101011110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27377 (Whitsett, NC, 26 mi away) and 27401 (Greensboro, NC, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27379 becomes 97372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27937, 27973, 29377, 32779, 37729, 37927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97327 in Brownsville, OR, 2,332 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,071 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27379 and you would come out at 36.36°S, 100.65°E — 920 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 88.7 square miles of land, 27379 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 67 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,479This ZIP4,479
Households2,032This ZIP2,032
Housing units2,414This ZIP2,414
Median age50.0This ZIP50.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$38,472This ZIP$38,472North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$169,900This ZIP$169,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$609This ZIP$609North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.6%This ZIP16.6%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density50.5 / sq miThis ZIP50.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees890This ZIP890
Annual payroll$31,846,000This ZIP$31,846,000
Tax returns filed1,900This ZIP1,900
Total adjusted gross income$102,603,000This ZIP$102,603,000

Land area

Land area88.71 sq miThis ZIP88.71 sq mi
Water area0.69 sq miThis ZIP0.69 sq mi

Other place names in 27379

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ZIP codes near 27379

ZIPCityDistance
27212 Blanch, NC 9.1 mi
27314 Prospect Hill, NC 9.1 mi
27291 Leasburg, NC 10.7 mi
27311 Pelham, NC 10.7 mi
27315 Providence, NC 10.8 mi
27217 Burlington, NC 11.9 mi
27244 Elon, NC 12.7 mi
27305 Milton, NC 12.9 mi
27326 Ruffin, NC 13.6 mi
27231 Cedar Grove, NC 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27379?

27379 is in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in Caswell County. Its published point location is 36.3611, -79.3478.

What county is 27379 in?

27379 lies in Caswell County.

What area code is 27379?

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

What time zone is 27379 in?

27379 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27379?

About 4,479 people live in ZIP code 27379, in 2,032 households, at 50.5 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 27379?

$38,472 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27379?

The closest are 27212 (9.1 mi), 27314 (9.1 mi), 27291 (10.7 mi), 27311 (10.7 mi) and 27315 (10.8 mi).

Is 27379 a PO Box ZIP code?

27379 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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