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27559

ZIP 27559 is Moncure, North Carolina, in Chatham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham
Population
2,312
Coordinates
35.6282, -79.1028
☼ Live from 27559 — Moncure, NC

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Where 27559 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27559
  • 🔢 Type 27559 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,559 = 7 × 31 × 127. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27557 (Middlesex, NC, 52 mi away) and 27560 (Morrisville, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27559 becomes 95572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (29575, 52759, 55792, 55927, 55972, 57259, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95527 in Burnt Ranch, CA, 2,405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,101 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27559 and you would come out at 35.63°S, 100.90°E — 895 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 50.6 square miles of land, 27559 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,312This ZIP2,312
Households992This ZIP992
Housing units1,188This ZIP1,188
Median age50.9This ZIP50.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,490This ZIP$74,490North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$385,000This ZIP$385,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,310This ZIP$1,310North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.7%This ZIP33.7%
Mean commute35.8 minThis ZIP35.8 min
Population density45.7 / sq miThis ZIP45.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees1,196This ZIP1,196
Annual payroll$80,401,000This ZIP$80,401,000
Tax returns filed1,200This ZIP1,200
Total adjusted gross income$98,973,000This ZIP$98,973,000

Land area

Land area50.63 sq miThis ZIP50.63 sq mi
Water area0.71 sq miThis ZIP0.71 sq mi

Other place names in 27559

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

ZIP codes near 27559

ZIPCityDistance
27562 New Hill, NC 7.2 mi
27330 Sanford, NC 8.9 mi
27312 Pittsboro, NC 10.3 mi
27256 Gulf, NC 10.7 mi
27228 Bynum, NC 10.8 mi
27331 Sanford, NC 11.1 mi
27237 Cumnock, NC 11.6 mi
27502 Apex, NC 12.7 mi
27523 Apex, NC 13.0 mi
27540 Holly Springs, NC 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27559?

27559 is in Moncure, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6282, -79.1028.

What county is 27559 in?

27559 lies in Chatham County.

What area code is 27559?

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

What time zone is 27559 in?

27559 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27559?

About 2,312 people live in ZIP code 27559, in 992 households, at 45.7 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 27559?

$74,490 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27559?

The closest are 27562 (7.2 mi), 27330 (8.9 mi), 27312 (10.3 mi), 27256 (10.7 mi) and 27228 (10.8 mi).

Is 27559 a PO Box ZIP code?

27559 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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