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27596

ZIP 27596 is Youngsville, North Carolina, mostly in Franklin County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin +2 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
22,232
Coordinates
35.9997, -78.4350
☼ Live from 27596 — Youngsville, NC

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Where 27596 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27596
  • 🔢 Type 27596 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,596 = 2 × 2 × 6899. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27594 (Wise, NC, 36 mi away) and 27597 (Zebulon, NC, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27596 becomes 69572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27695, 27956, 27965, 29567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,087 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,127 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27596 and you would come out at 36.00°S, 101.57°E — 865 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 52.8 square miles of land, 27596 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,232This ZIP22,232
Households8,482This ZIP8,482
Housing units8,780This ZIP8,780
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$95,940This ZIP$95,940North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$377,600This ZIP$377,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,211This ZIP$1,211North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.6%This ZIP38.6%
Mean commute33.8 minThis ZIP33.8 min
Population density420.9 / sq miThis ZIP420.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments446This ZIP446
Employees5,691This ZIP5,691
Annual payroll$382,095,000This ZIP$382,095,000
Tax returns filed10,520This ZIP10,520
Total adjusted gross income$885,723,000This ZIP$885,723,000

Land area

Land area52.82 sq miThis ZIP52.82 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Counties 27596 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Franklin County 90.8%
Wake County 5.9%
Granville County 3.3%

Other place names in 27596

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ZIP codes near 27596

ZIPCityDistance
27588 Wake Forest, NC 2.0 mi
27571 Rolesville, NC 5.4 mi
27587 Wake Forest, NC 6.6 mi
27525 Franklinton, NC 10.4 mi
27508 Bunn, NC 10.7 mi
27616 Raleigh, NC 11.0 mi
27614 Raleigh, NC 11.0 mi
27549 Louisburg, NC 12.4 mi
27597 Zebulon, NC 13.2 mi
27615 Raleigh, NC 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27596?

27596 is in Youngsville, North Carolina, in Franklin County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9997, -78.4350.

What county is 27596 in?

27596 spans 3 counties: Franklin County, Wake County and Granville County. Most of it falls in Franklin 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 27596?

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

What time zone is 27596 in?

27596 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27596?

About 22,232 people live in ZIP code 27596, in 8,482 households, at 420.9 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 27596?

$95,940 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27596?

The closest are 27588 (2 mi), 27571 (5.4 mi), 27587 (6.6 mi), 27525 (10.4 mi) and 27508 (10.7 mi).

Is 27596 a PO Box ZIP code?

27596 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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