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27591

ZIP 27591 is Wendell, North Carolina, mostly in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake +1 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
29,838
Coordinates
35.7842, -78.3890
☼ Live from 27591 — Wendell, NC

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Where 27591 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27591
  • 🔢 Type 27591 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,591 = 3 × 17 × 541. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27589 (Warrenton, NC, 40 mi away) and 27592 (Willow Spring, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27591 becomes 19572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12759, 12957, 12975, 15279, 15729, 15927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97125 in Manning, OR, 2,410 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,134 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27591 and you would come out at 35.78°S, 101.61°E — 858 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 66.6 square miles of land, 27591 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,838This ZIP29,838
Households10,751This ZIP10,751
Housing units11,169This ZIP11,169
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$85,224This ZIP$85,224North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$312,400This ZIP$312,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,341This ZIP$1,341North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.0%This ZIP30.0%
Mean commute30.4 minThis ZIP30.4 min
Population density447.8 / sq miThis ZIP447.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments454This ZIP454
Employees4,172This ZIP4,172
Annual payroll$252,319,000This ZIP$252,319,000
Tax returns filed13,280This ZIP13,280
Total adjusted gross income$1,057,332,000This ZIP$1,057,332,000

Land area

Land area66.64 sq miThis ZIP66.64 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

Counties 27591 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wake County 69.9%
Johnston County 30.1%

Other place names in 27591

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

ZIP codes near 27591

ZIPCityDistance
27545 Knightdale, NC 5.3 mi
27597 Zebulon, NC 6.3 mi
27527 Clayton, NC 9.0 mi
27610 Raleigh, NC 9.2 mi
27629 Raleigh, NC 9.4 mi
27528 Clayton, NC 9.8 mi
27604 Raleigh, NC 10.1 mi
27616 Raleigh, NC 10.3 mi
27571 Rolesville, NC 10.5 mi
27557 Middlesex, NC 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27591?

27591 is in Wendell, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7842, -78.3890.

What county is 27591 in?

27591 spans 2 counties: Wake County and Johnston County. Most of it falls in Wake 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 27591?

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

What time zone is 27591 in?

27591 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27591?

About 29,838 people live in ZIP code 27591, in 10,751 households, at 447.8 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 27591?

$85,224 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27591?

The closest are 27545 (5.3 mi), 27597 (6.3 mi), 27527 (9 mi), 27610 (9.2 mi) and 27629 (9.4 mi).

Is 27591 a PO Box ZIP code?

27591 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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