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27592

ZIP 27592 is Willow Spring, North Carolina, mostly in Wake County; area codes 984 and 919; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake +2 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
21,114
Coordinates
35.5574, -78.6723
☼ Live from 27592 — Willow Spring, NC

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Where 27592 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27592
  • 🔢 Type 27592 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,592 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3449. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27591 (Wendell, NC, 22 mi away) and 27593 (Wilsons Mills, NC, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27592 becomes 29572 — and that is a real ZIP code: Myrtle Beach, SC, 124 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22579, 22957, 25729, 25927, 25972, 27259, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97225 in Portland, OR, 2,383 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,125 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27592 and you would come out at 35.56°S, 101.33°E — 870 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 39.2 square miles of land, 27592 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,114This ZIP21,114
Households7,086This ZIP7,086
Housing units7,401This ZIP7,401
Median age38.7This ZIP38.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$104,252This ZIP$104,252North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$358,900This ZIP$358,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$948This ZIP$948North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.1%This ZIP39.1%
Mean commute35.5 minThis ZIP35.5 min
Population density538.2 / sq miThis ZIP538.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments233This ZIP233
Employees883This ZIP883
Annual payroll$39,918,000This ZIP$39,918,000
Tax returns filed8,720This ZIP8,720
Total adjusted gross income$712,968,000This ZIP$712,968,000

Land area

Land area39.23 sq miThis ZIP39.23 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Counties 27592 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wake County 60.2%
Johnston County 39.3%
Harnett County 0.5%

Other place names in 27592

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ZIP codes near 27592

ZIPCityDistance
27501 Angier, NC 5.1 mi
27603 Raleigh, NC 7.5 mi
27529 Garner, NC 7.6 mi
27526 Fuquay Varina, NC 8.9 mi
27543 Kipling, NC 9.9 mi
27521 Coats, NC 10.1 mi
27506 Buies Creek, NC 11.0 mi
27539 Apex, NC 11.4 mi
27520 Clayton, NC 11.6 mi
27540 Holly Springs, NC 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27592?

27592 is in Willow Spring, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5574, -78.6723.

What county is 27592 in?

27592 spans 3 counties: Wake County, Johnston County and Harnett 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 27592?

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

What time zone is 27592 in?

27592 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27592?

About 21,114 people live in ZIP code 27592, in 7,086 households, at 538.2 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 27592?

$104,252 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27592?

The closest are 27501 (5.1 mi), 27603 (7.5 mi), 27529 (7.6 mi), 27526 (8.9 mi) and 27543 (9.9 mi).

Is 27592 a PO Box ZIP code?

27592 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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