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27401

ZIP 27401 is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Greensboro has 28 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford
Population
21,920
Coordinates
36.0708, -79.7677
☼ Live from 27401 — Greensboro, NC

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Where 27401 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27401
  • 🔢 Type 27401 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOhLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,401 = 11 × 47 × 53. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101100001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27379 (Yanceyville, NC, 31 mi away) and 27402 (Greensboro, NC, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27401 becomes 10472 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bronx, NY, 458 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74102 in Tulsa, OK, 905 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,055 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27401 and you would come out at 36.07°S, 100.23°E — 938 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 5.8 square miles of land, 27401 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,920This ZIP21,920
Households7,954This ZIP7,954
Housing units9,444This ZIP9,444
Median age29.0This ZIP29.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$47,972This ZIP$47,972North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$156,500This ZIP$156,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$948This ZIP$948North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.7%This ZIP32.7%
Mean commute22.6 minThis ZIP22.6 min
Population density3,783.2 / sq miThis ZIP3,783.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments944This ZIP944
Employees23,438This ZIP23,438
Annual payroll$1,835,543,000This ZIP$1,835,543,000
Tax returns filed7,460This ZIP7,460
Total adjusted gross income$440,813,000This ZIP$440,813,000

Land area

Land area5.79 sq miThis ZIP5.79 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 27401

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ZIP codes near 27401

ZIPCityDistance
27411 Greensboro, NC 0.5 mi
27402 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27404 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27413 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27415 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27416 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27417 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27419 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27425 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi
27427 Greensboro, NC 1.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27401?

27401 is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0708, -79.7677.

What county is 27401 in?

27401 lies in Guilford County.

What area code is 27401?

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

What time zone is 27401 in?

27401 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27401?

About 21,920 people live in ZIP code 27401, in 7,954 households, at 3,783.2 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 27401?

$47,972 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27401?

The closest are 27411 (0.5 mi), 27402 (1.4 mi), 27404 (1.4 mi), 27413 (1.4 mi) and 27415 (1.4 mi).

Is 27401 a PO Box ZIP code?

27401 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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