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27518

ZIP 27518 is in Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Cary has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 27511, 27512, 27513 and 27519.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
19,735
Coordinates
35.7311, -78.7732
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Where 27518 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27518
  • 🔢 Type 27518 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BISLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,518 = 2 × 13759. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101101111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27517 (Chapel Hill, NC, 16 mi away) and 27519 (Cary, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27518 becomes 81572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12578, 12758, 12785, 12857, 15278, 15728, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85172 in Stanfield, AZ, 1,895 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,115 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27518 and you would come out at 35.73°S, 101.23°E — 878 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 9.9 square miles of land, 27518 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,735This ZIP19,735
Households8,567This ZIP8,567
Housing units9,489This ZIP9,489
Median age46.9This ZIP46.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$123,488This ZIP$123,488North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$632,200This ZIP$632,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,681This ZIP$1,681North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher71.8%This ZIP71.8%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density1,993.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,993.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,068This ZIP1,068
Employees19,913This ZIP19,913
Annual payroll$1,989,641,000This ZIP$1,989,641,000
Tax returns filed10,810This ZIP10,810
Total adjusted gross income$1,882,177,000This ZIP$1,882,177,000

Land area

Land area9.90 sq miThis ZIP9.90 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 27518

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ZIP codes near 27518

ZIPCityDistance
27511 Cary, NC 2.4 mi
27606 Raleigh, NC 3.3 mi
27539 Apex, NC 4.4 mi
27513 Cary, NC 5.2 mi
27602 Raleigh, NC 6.0 mi
27695 Raleigh, NC 6.5 mi
27512 Cary, NC 6.5 mi
27607 Raleigh, NC 6.5 mi
27502 Apex, NC 7.6 mi
27605 Raleigh, NC 7.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27518?

27518 is in Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7311, -78.7732.

What county is 27518 in?

27518 lies in Wake County.

What area code is 27518?

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

What time zone is 27518 in?

27518 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27518?

About 19,735 people live in ZIP code 27518, in 8,567 households, at 1,993.6 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 27518?

$123,488 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27518?

The closest are 27511 (2.4 mi), 27606 (3.3 mi), 27539 (4.4 mi), 27513 (5.2 mi) and 27602 (6 mi).

Is 27518 a PO Box ZIP code?

27518 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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