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27438

ZIP 27438 is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Greensboro has 28 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford
Coordinates
36.0726, -79.7920

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 27401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27438 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27438
  • 🔢 Type 27438 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEhLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,438 = 2 × 3 × 17 × 269. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27435 (Greensboro, NC, 0 mi away) and 27455 (Greensboro, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27438 becomes 83472, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23487, 23847, 23874, 24378, 24738, 24873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83724 in Boise, ID, 1,983 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,054 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27438 and you would come out at 36.07°S, 100.21°E — 939 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees438This ZIP438
Annual payroll$46,124,000This ZIP$46,124,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27438

ZIPCityDistance
27402 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27404 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27413 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27415 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27416 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27417 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27419 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27425 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27427 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi
27429 Greensboro, NC 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27438?

27438 is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0726, -79.7920.

What county is 27438 in?

27438 lies in Guilford County.

What area code is 27438?

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

What time zone is 27438 in?

27438 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27438?

The closest are 27402 (0 mi), 27404 (0 mi), 27413 (0 mi), 27415 (0 mi) and 27416 (0 mi).

Is 27438 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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