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27533

ZIP 27533 is in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in Wayne County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Goldsboro has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 27530, 27531, 27532 and 27534.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wayne
Metro area
Goldsboro, NC
Population
664
Coordinates
35.3875, -78.0390
☼ Live from 27533 — Goldsboro, NC

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Where 27533 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27533
  • 🔢 Type 27533 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EESLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,533 = 11 × 2503. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27532 (Goldsboro, NC, 1 mi away) and 27534 (Goldsboro, NC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27533 becomes 33572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Apollo Beach, FL, 586 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23357, 25337, 32357, 32537, 32735, 32753, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73532 in Duke, OK, 1,218 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,162 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27533 and you would come out at 35.39°S, 101.96°E — 833 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 0.151 square miles of land, 27533 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 73 football fields.
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People and housing

Population664This ZIP664
Households0
Housing units0
Median age36.6This ZIP36.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher1.3%This ZIP1.3%
Population density4,397.4 / sq miThis ZIP4,397.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees349This ZIP349
Annual payroll$15,446,000This ZIP$15,446,000

Land area

Land area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 27533

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

ZIP codes near 27533

ZIPCityDistance
27530 Goldsboro, NC 1.3 mi
27532 Goldsboro, NC 1.3 mi
27531 Goldsboro, NC 5.0 mi
28333 Dudley, NC 7.1 mi
27863 Pikeville, NC 7.9 mi
27569 Princeton, NC 8.0 mi
27534 Goldsboro, NC 8.7 mi
27830 Fremont, NC 13.2 mi
27568 Pine Level, NC 14.3 mi
28365 Mount Olive, NC 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27533?

27533 is in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in Wayne County, part of the Goldsboro, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3875, -78.0390.

What county is 27533 in?

27533 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 27533?

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

What time zone is 27533 in?

27533 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27533?

About 664 people live in ZIP code 27533, at 4,397.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27533?

The closest are 27530 (1.3 mi), 27532 (1.3 mi), 27531 (5 mi), 28333 (7.1 mi) and 27863 (7.9 mi).

Is 27533 a PO Box ZIP code?

27533 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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