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27502

ZIP 27502 is in Apex, North Carolina, mostly in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Apex has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27523 and 27539.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake +1 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
48,530
Coordinates
35.7196, -78.9072
☼ Live from 27502 — Apex, NC

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Where 27502 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27502
  • 🔢 Type 27502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,502 = 2 × 13751. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101101101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27501 (Angier, NC, 20 mi away) and 27503 (Bahama, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27502 becomes 20572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 243 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02725, 07522, 20527, 20572, 20725, 20752, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57220 in Bruce, SD, 1,124 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,109 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27502 and you would come out at 35.72°S, 101.09°E — 886 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 28.3 square miles of land, 27502 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population48,530This ZIP48,530
Households17,368This ZIP17,368
Housing units18,190This ZIP18,190
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$143,922This ZIP$143,922North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$550,900This ZIP$550,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,909This ZIP$1,909North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher68.4%This ZIP68.4%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density1,713.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,713.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,281This ZIP1,281
Employees12,627This ZIP12,627
Annual payroll$593,829,000This ZIP$593,829,000
Tax returns filed22,380This ZIP22,380
Total adjusted gross income$3,043,106,000This ZIP$3,043,106,000

Land area

Land area28.33 sq miThis ZIP28.33 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Counties 27502 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wake County 79.7%
Chatham County 20.3%

Other place names in 27502

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

ZIP codes near 27502

ZIPCityDistance
27523 Apex, NC 4.7 mi
27539 Apex, NC 6.0 mi
27519 Cary, NC 6.2 mi
27562 New Hill, NC 6.6 mi
27512 Cary, NC 7.2 mi
27540 Holly Springs, NC 7.3 mi
27511 Cary, NC 7.4 mi
27518 Cary, NC 7.6 mi
27513 Cary, NC 8.2 mi
27560 Morrisville, NC 10.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27502?

27502 is in Apex, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7196, -78.9072.

What county is 27502 in?

27502 spans 2 counties: Wake County and Chatham County. Most of it falls in Wake 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 27502?

Apex uses area codes 919 and 984, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27502 in?

27502 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27502?

About 48,530 people live in ZIP code 27502, in 17,368 households, at 1,713.0 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 27502?

$143,922 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27502?

The closest are 27523 (4.7 mi), 27539 (6 mi), 27519 (6.2 mi), 27562 (6.6 mi) and 27512 (7.2 mi).

Is 27502 a PO Box ZIP code?

27502 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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