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27574

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Person +1 more
Population
14,928
Coordinates
36.4753, -78.8421
☼ Live from 27574 — Roxboro, NC

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Where 27574 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27574
  • 🔢 Type 27574 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,574 = 2 × 17 × 811. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27573 (Roxboro, NC, 9 mi away) and 27576 (Selma, NC, 70 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27574 becomes 47572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24577, 25774, 42757, 45277, 45727, 45772, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57724 in Camp Crook, SD, 1,446 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,095 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27574 and you would come out at 36.48°S, 101.16°E — 895 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 191.6 square miles of land, 27574 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 145 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,928This ZIP14,928
Households5,876This ZIP5,876
Housing units6,644This ZIP6,644
Median age46.9This ZIP46.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,206This ZIP$66,206North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$194,300This ZIP$194,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$968This ZIP$968North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.1%This ZIP16.1%
Mean commute31.2 minThis ZIP31.2 min
Population density77.9 / sq miThis ZIP77.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments133This ZIP133
Employees1,044This ZIP1,044
Annual payroll$56,039,000This ZIP$56,039,000
Tax returns filed6,590This ZIP6,590
Total adjusted gross income$407,222,000This ZIP$407,222,000

Land area

Land area191.64 sq miThis ZIP191.64 sq mi
Water area5.77 sq miThis ZIP5.77 sq mi

Counties 27574 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Person County 97.3%
Granville County 2.7%

Other place names in 27574

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

ZIP codes near 27574

ZIPCityDistance
27573 Roxboro, NC 9.1 mi
24598 Virgilina, VA 9.4 mi
24535 Cluster Springs, VA 11.0 mi
24580 Nelson, VA 11.8 mi
27583 Timberlake, NC 12.5 mi
24520 Alton, VA 12.9 mi
27343 Semora, NC 13.1 mi
27565 Oxford, NC 13.3 mi
27582 Stovall, NC 15.3 mi
24529 Buffalo Junction, VA 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27574?

27574 is in Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4753, -78.8421.

What county is 27574 in?

27574 spans 2 counties: Person County and Granville 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 27574?

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

What time zone is 27574 in?

27574 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27574?

About 14,928 people live in ZIP code 27574, in 5,876 households, at 77.9 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 27574?

$66,206 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27574?

The closest are 27573 (9.1 mi), 24598 (9.4 mi), 24535 (11 mi), 24580 (11.8 mi) and 27583 (12.5 mi).

Is 27574 a PO Box ZIP code?

27574 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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