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27510

ZIP 27510 is Carrboro, North Carolina, in Orange County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
13,868
Coordinates
35.9098, -79.0813
☼ Live from 27510 — Carrboro, NC

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Where 27510 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27510
  • 🔢 Type 27510 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OISLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,510 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 131. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101101110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27509 (Butner, NC, 23 mi away) and 27511 (Cary, NC, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27510 becomes 01572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01257, 01527, 01752, 02571, 02715, 07512, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57201 in Watertown, SD, 1,130 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,095 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27510 and you would come out at 35.91°S, 100.92°E — 898 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 3.2 square miles of land, 27510 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,868This ZIP13,868
Households7,038This ZIP7,038
Housing units7,726This ZIP7,726
Median age31.7This ZIP31.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$61,837This ZIP$61,837North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$449,700This ZIP$449,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,476This ZIP$1,476North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher63.0%This ZIP63.0%
Mean commute22.4 minThis ZIP22.4 min
Population density4,336.5 / sq miThis ZIP4,336.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments417This ZIP417
Employees3,381This ZIP3,381
Annual payroll$169,380,000This ZIP$169,380,000
Tax returns filed6,990This ZIP6,990
Total adjusted gross income$529,314,000This ZIP$529,314,000

Land area

Land area3.20 sq miThis ZIP3.20 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 27510

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

ZIP codes near 27510

ZIPCityDistance
27515 Chapel Hill, NC 1.4 mi
27599 Chapel Hill, NC 1.7 mi
27516 Chapel Hill, NC 4.1 mi
27514 Chapel Hill, NC 4.2 mi
27517 Chapel Hill, NC 5.4 mi
27707 Durham, NC 7.8 mi
27713 Durham, NC 8.4 mi
27228 Bynum, NC 9.1 mi
27705 Durham, NC 9.7 mi
27706 Durham, NC 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27510?

27510 is in Carrboro, North Carolina, in Orange County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9098, -79.0813.

What county is 27510 in?

27510 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 27510?

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

What time zone is 27510 in?

27510 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27510?

About 13,868 people live in ZIP code 27510, in 7,038 households, at 4,336.5 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 27510?

$61,837 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27510?

The closest are 27515 (1.4 mi), 27599 (1.7 mi), 27516 (4.1 mi), 27514 (4.2 mi) and 27517 (5.4 mi).

Is 27510 a PO Box ZIP code?

27510 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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