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27516

ZIP 27516 is in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, mostly in Orange County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Chapel Hill has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 27514, 27515, 27517 and 27599.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange +1 more
Population
47,358
Coordinates
35.9062, -79.1549
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Where 27516 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27516
  • 🔢 Type 27516 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gISLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,516 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2293. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27515 (Chapel Hill, NC, 6 mi away) and 27517 (Chapel Hill, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27516 becomes 61572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yates City, IL, 679 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12567, 12765, 15267, 15276, 15627, 15672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57621 in Bullhead, SD, 1,327 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,091 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27516 and you would come out at 35.91°S, 100.85°E — 902 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 93.5 square miles of land, 27516 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 71 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population47,358This ZIP47,358
Households17,503This ZIP17,503
Housing units18,951This ZIP18,951
Median age36.9This ZIP36.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$106,353This ZIP$106,353North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$567,200This ZIP$567,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,564This ZIP$1,564North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher72.8%This ZIP72.8%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density506.7 / sq miThis ZIP506.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments790This ZIP790
Employees5,239This ZIP5,239
Annual payroll$276,883,000This ZIP$276,883,000
Tax returns filed19,170This ZIP19,170
Total adjusted gross income$2,756,572,000This ZIP$2,756,572,000

Land area

Land area93.47 sq miThis ZIP93.47 sq mi
Water area0.78 sq miThis ZIP0.78 sq mi

Counties 27516 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Orange County 83.5%
Chatham County 16.5%

Other place names in 27516

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ZIP codes near 27516

ZIPCityDistance
27510 Carrboro, NC 4.1 mi
27515 Chapel Hill, NC 5.6 mi
27599 Chapel Hill, NC 5.8 mi
27514 Chapel Hill, NC 7.1 mi
27517 Chapel Hill, NC 8.2 mi
27228 Bynum, NC 8.6 mi
27340 Saxapahaw, NC 9.1 mi
27312 Pittsboro, NC 10.6 mi
27243 Efland, NC 11.0 mi
27253 Graham, NC 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27516?

27516 is in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in Orange County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9062, -79.1549.

What county is 27516 in?

27516 spans 2 counties: Orange County and Chatham County. Most of it falls in Orange 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 27516?

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

What time zone is 27516 in?

27516 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27516?

About 47,358 people live in ZIP code 27516, in 17,503 households, at 506.7 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 27516?

$106,353 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27516?

The closest are 27510 (4.1 mi), 27515 (5.6 mi), 27599 (5.8 mi), 27514 (7.1 mi) and 27517 (8.2 mi).

Is 27516 a PO Box ZIP code?

27516 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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