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27541

ZIP 27541 is Hurdle Mills, North Carolina, mostly in Person County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Person +2 more
Population
3,399
Coordinates
36.2649, -79.0832
☼ Live from 27541 — Hurdle Mills, NC

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Where 27541 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27541
  • 🔢 Type 27541 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27541 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27540 (Holly Springs, NC, 46 mi away) and 27542 (Kenly, NC, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27541 becomes 14572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wayland, NY, 443 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12457, 12475, 12547, 12574, 12745, 12754, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57421 in Amherst, SD, 1,176 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,087 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27541 and you would come out at 36.26°S, 100.92°E — 904 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 69.4 square miles of land, 27541 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,399This ZIP3,399
Households1,438This ZIP1,438
Housing units1,764This ZIP1,764
Median age49.7This ZIP49.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$75,305This ZIP$75,305North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$237,000This ZIP$237,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,786This ZIP$1,786North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.8%This ZIP28.8%
Mean commute35.7 minThis ZIP35.7 min
Population density49.0 / sq miThis ZIP49.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees236This ZIP236
Annual payroll$7,846,000This ZIP$7,846,000
Tax returns filed1,930This ZIP1,930
Total adjusted gross income$155,495,000This ZIP$155,495,000

Land area

Land area69.40 sq miThis ZIP69.40 sq mi
Water area0.26 sq miThis ZIP0.26 sq mi

Counties 27541 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Person County 68.1%
Orange County 31.5%
Caswell County 0.4%

ZIP codes near 27541

ZIPCityDistance
27231 Cedar Grove, NC 7.0 mi
27314 Prospect Hill, NC 7.0 mi
27583 Timberlake, NC 9.0 mi
27573 Roxboro, NC 11.1 mi
27572 Rougemont, NC 11.5 mi
27291 Leasburg, NC 11.6 mi
27278 Hillsborough, NC 12.1 mi
27302 Mebane, NC 13.4 mi
27503 Bahama, NC 13.5 mi
27712 Durham, NC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27541?

27541 is in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina, in Person County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2649, -79.0832.

What county is 27541 in?

27541 spans 3 counties: Person County, Orange County and Caswell County. Most of it falls in Person 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 27541?

Hurdle Mills uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27541 in?

27541 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27541?

About 3,399 people live in ZIP code 27541, in 1,438 households, at 49.0 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 27541?

$75,305 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27541?

The closest are 27231 (7 mi), 27314 (7 mi), 27583 (9 mi), 27573 (11.1 mi) and 27572 (11.5 mi).

Is 27541 a PO Box ZIP code?

27541 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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