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27524

ZIP 27524 is Four Oaks, North Carolina, mostly in Johnston County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Johnston +1 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
13,999
Coordinates
35.3918, -78.3788
☼ Live from 27524 — Four Oaks, NC

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Where 27524 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27524
  • 🔢 Type 27524 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,524 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 983. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27523 (Apex, NC, 42 mi away) and 27525 (Franklinton, NC, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27524 becomes 42572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22547, 24527, 24572, 25247, 25427, 25724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57422 in Andover, SD, 1,235 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27524 and you would come out at 35.39°S, 101.62°E — 852 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 134.4 square miles of land, 27524 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 102 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,999This ZIP13,999
Households5,089This ZIP5,089
Housing units5,837This ZIP5,837
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$75,827This ZIP$75,827North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$212,500This ZIP$212,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$991This ZIP$991North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.1%This ZIP16.1%
Mean commute31.2 minThis ZIP31.2 min
Population density104.1 / sq miThis ZIP104.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments189This ZIP189
Employees1,198This ZIP1,198
Annual payroll$48,506,000This ZIP$48,506,000
Tax returns filed6,210This ZIP6,210
Total adjusted gross income$405,946,000This ZIP$405,946,000

Land area

Land area134.44 sq miThis ZIP134.44 sq mi
Water area0.83 sq miThis ZIP0.83 sq mi

Counties 27524 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Johnston County 92.0%
Wayne County 8.0%

Other place names in 27524

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

ZIP codes near 27524

ZIPCityDistance
27577 Smithfield, NC 7.2 mi
27504 Benson, NC 7.9 mi
28366 Newton Grove, NC 11.2 mi
27568 Pine Level, NC 11.3 mi
27569 Princeton, NC 11.9 mi
27593 Wilsons Mills, NC 13.4 mi
28334 Dunn, NC 13.5 mi
28335 Dunn, NC 14.3 mi
27576 Selma, NC 14.4 mi
27555 Micro, NC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27524?

27524 is in Four Oaks, North Carolina, in Johnston County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3918, -78.3788.

What county is 27524 in?

27524 spans 2 counties: Johnston County and Wayne County. Most of it falls in Johnston 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 27524?

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

What time zone is 27524 in?

27524 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27524?

About 13,999 people live in ZIP code 27524, in 5,089 households, at 104.1 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 27524?

$75,827 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27524?

The closest are 27577 (7.2 mi), 27504 (7.9 mi), 28366 (11.2 mi), 27568 (11.3 mi) and 27569 (11.9 mi).

Is 27524 a PO Box ZIP code?

27524 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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