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27412

ZIP 27412 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
3,055
Coordinates
36.0683, -79.8101
☼ Live from 27412 — Greensboro, NC

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Where 27412 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27412
  • 🔢 Type 27412 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIhLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,412 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 11 × 89. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101100010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27411 (Greensboro, NC, 2 mi away) and 27413 (Greensboro, NC, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27412 becomes 21472, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12247, 12427, 12472, 12724, 12742, 14227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71422 in Dodson, LA, 785 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,053 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27412 and you would come out at 36.07°S, 100.19°E — 940 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 0.297 square miles of land, 27412 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 144 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,055This ZIP3,055
Households0
Housing units0
Median age19.5This ZIP19.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute13.1 minThis ZIP13.1 min
Population density10,286.2 / sq miThis ZIP10,286.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees100This ZIP100
Annual payroll$1,463,000This ZIP$1,463,000

Land area

Land area0.30 sq miThis ZIP0.30 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 27412

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

ZIP codes near 27412

ZIPCityDistance
27403 Greensboro, NC 0.9 mi
27402 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27404 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27413 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27415 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27416 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27417 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27419 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27425 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi
27427 Greensboro, NC 1.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27412?

27412 is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0683, -79.8101.

What county is 27412 in?

27412 lies in Guilford County.

What area code is 27412?

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

What time zone is 27412 in?

27412 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27412?

About 3,055 people live in ZIP code 27412, at 10,286.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27412?

The closest are 27403 (0.9 mi), 27402 (1.1 mi), 27404 (1.1 mi), 27413 (1.1 mi) and 27415 (1.1 mi).

Is 27412 a PO Box ZIP code?

27412 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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