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27562

ZIP 27562 is New Hill, North Carolina, mostly in Chatham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chatham +1 more
Population
5,659
Coordinates
35.6420, -78.9756
☼ Live from 27562 — New Hill, NC

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Where 27562 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27562
  • 🔢 Type 27562 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,562 = 2 × 13781. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27560 (Morrisville, NC, 17 mi away) and 27563 (Norlina, NC, 68 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27562 becomes 26572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Four States, WV, 276 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22567, 22576, 22657, 25267, 25276, 25672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57622 in Cherry Creek, SD, 1,340 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,107 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27562 and you would come out at 35.64°S, 101.02°E — 888 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 54.2 square miles of land, 27562 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,659This ZIP5,659
Households1,772This ZIP1,772
Housing units1,890This ZIP1,890
Median age35.3This ZIP35.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$172,955This ZIP$172,955North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$614,300This ZIP$614,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher64.4%This ZIP64.4%
Mean commute30.3 minThis ZIP30.3 min
Population density104.3 / sq miThis ZIP104.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments98This ZIP98
Employees1,049This ZIP1,049
Annual payroll$109,219,000This ZIP$109,219,000
Tax returns filed2,360This ZIP2,360
Total adjusted gross income$359,793,000This ZIP$359,793,000

Land area

Land area54.25 sq miThis ZIP54.25 sq mi
Water area8.99 sq miThis ZIP8.99 sq mi

Counties 27562 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Chatham County 60.6%
Wake County 39.4%

Other place names in 27562

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

ZIP codes near 27562

ZIPCityDistance
27540 Holly Springs, NC 6.4 mi
27502 Apex, NC 6.6 mi
27559 Moncure, NC 7.2 mi
27523 Apex, NC 9.2 mi
27539 Apex, NC 9.4 mi
27526 Fuquay Varina, NC 10.6 mi
27519 Cary, NC 12.5 mi
27518 Cary, NC 12.9 mi
27228 Bynum, NC 13.1 mi
27511 Cary, NC 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27562?

27562 is in New Hill, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6420, -78.9756.

What county is 27562 in?

27562 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 27562?

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

What time zone is 27562 in?

27562 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27562?

About 5,659 people live in ZIP code 27562, in 1,772 households, at 104.3 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 27562?

$172,955 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27562?

The closest are 27540 (6.4 mi), 27502 (6.6 mi), 27559 (7.2 mi), 27523 (9.2 mi) and 27539 (9.4 mi).

Is 27562 a PO Box ZIP code?

27562 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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