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27573

ZIP 27573 is in Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Roxboro has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 27574.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Person
Population
11,537
Coordinates
36.3990, -78.9751
☼ Live from 27573 — Roxboro, NC

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Where 27573 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27573
  • 🔢 Type 27573 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,573 = 3 × 7 × 13 × 101. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27572 (Rougemont, NC, 11 mi away) and 27574 (Roxboro, NC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27573 becomes 37572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25773, 27357, 27375, 27537, 32577, 32757, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57732 in Deadwood, SD, 1,405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,089 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27573 and you would come out at 36.40°S, 101.02°E — 901 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 17.3 square miles of land, 27573 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,537This ZIP11,537
Households4,877This ZIP4,877
Housing units5,566This ZIP5,566
Median age44.9This ZIP44.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$45,736This ZIP$45,736North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$175,000This ZIP$175,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$839This ZIP$839North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.6%This ZIP16.6%
Mean commute26.1 minThis ZIP26.1 min
Population density666.6 / sq miThis ZIP666.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments426This ZIP426
Employees5,881This ZIP5,881
Annual payroll$245,413,000This ZIP$245,413,000
Tax returns filed4,830This ZIP4,830
Total adjusted gross income$243,572,000This ZIP$243,572,000

Land area

Land area17.31 sq miThis ZIP17.31 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 27573

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

ZIP codes near 27573

ZIPCityDistance
27583 Timberlake, NC 6.7 mi
27574 Roxboro, NC 9.1 mi
27343 Semora, NC 9.2 mi
27291 Leasburg, NC 10.8 mi
27541 Hurdle Mills, NC 11.1 mi
27572 Rougemont, NC 11.3 mi
24520 Alton, VA 13.3 mi
27314 Prospect Hill, NC 13.7 mi
24535 Cluster Springs, VA 14.8 mi
27305 Milton, NC 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27573?

27573 is in Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3990, -78.9751.

What county is 27573 in?

27573 lies in Person County.

What area code is 27573?

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

What time zone is 27573 in?

27573 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27573?

About 11,537 people live in ZIP code 27573, in 4,877 households, at 666.6 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 27573?

$45,736 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27573?

The closest are 27583 (6.7 mi), 27574 (9.1 mi), 27343 (9.2 mi), 27291 (10.8 mi) and 27541 (11.1 mi).

Is 27573 a PO Box ZIP code?

27573 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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