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27523

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham +1 more
Population
20,269
Coordinates
35.7736, -78.9569
☼ Live from 27523 — Apex, NC

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Where 27523 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27523
  • 🔢 Type 27523 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,523 = 17 × 1619. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27522 (Creedmoor, NC, 28 mi away) and 27524 (Four Oaks, NC, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27523 becomes 32572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Milton, FL, 586 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22735, 25327, 25723, 27235, 27253, 27325, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57232 in Eden, SD, 1,177 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,105 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27523 and you would come out at 35.77°S, 101.04°E — 889 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 38.5 square miles of land, 27523 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,269This ZIP20,269
Households7,905This ZIP7,905
Housing units8,450This ZIP8,450
Median age39.1This ZIP39.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$135,625This ZIP$135,625North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$659,300This ZIP$659,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,939This ZIP$1,939North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher70.4%This ZIP70.4%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density526.0 / sq miThis ZIP526.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments368This ZIP368
Employees3,140This ZIP3,140
Annual payroll$152,795,000This ZIP$152,795,000
Tax returns filed9,490This ZIP9,490
Total adjusted gross income$1,485,143,000This ZIP$1,485,143,000

Land area

Land area38.54 sq miThis ZIP38.54 sq mi
Water area4.11 sq miThis ZIP4.11 sq mi

Counties 27523 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Chatham County 67.3%
Wake County 32.7%

Other place names in 27523

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ZIP codes near 27523

ZIPCityDistance
27519 Cary, NC 4.6 mi
27502 Apex, NC 4.7 mi
27517 Chapel Hill, NC 6.4 mi
27512 Cary, NC 7.0 mi
27713 Durham, NC 7.7 mi
27513 Cary, NC 8.9 mi
27562 New Hill, NC 9.2 mi
27560 Morrisville, NC 9.3 mi
27511 Cary, NC 9.6 mi
27228 Bynum, NC 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27523?

27523 is in Apex, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7736, -78.9569.

What county is 27523 in?

27523 spans 2 counties: Chatham County and Wake County. Most of it falls in Chatham 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 27523?

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

What time zone is 27523 in?

27523 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27523?

About 20,269 people live in ZIP code 27523, in 7,905 households, at 526.0 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 27523?

$135,625 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27523?

The closest are 27519 (4.6 mi), 27502 (4.7 mi), 27517 (6.4 mi), 27512 (7 mi) and 27713 (7.7 mi).

Is 27523 a PO Box ZIP code?

27523 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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